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- Title
BAL ARISI (Apis mellifera L.) VE DİĞER BÖCEKLERİN ÇİLEK (Fragaria sp.) BİTKİSİNİN POLİNASYONUNA OLAN ETKİLERİ.
- Authors
KUVANCI, Ahmet; GÜNBEY, Belgin; KONAK, Feyzullah; KARAOĞLAN, Yaşar
- Abstract
Goal: The effects of wind, insects and honey bees about strawberry plant's efficiency are examined in this study. Materials and Method: This study was performed in a strawberry field, about 1000 square meters, in the village of Istanbul Boğazı in Perşembe, Ordu Province. Nine cages, which had about 0,57 square meters area (95 cm x 60 cm dimensions), were put on the strawberry field before blooming. Three of the cages were covered by mesh which has 4 mm x 4 mm openings, three of the cages are covered by mesh which has 1 mmx 1 mm openings. The other cages were not covered by mesh for using as a control group. Two honey bee colonies were placed to test in the field before blooming period. Honey bees and insects larger than bees were counted in the control groups during the blooming period in 10 minutes with 3 days break. Ripe strawberries were harvested and weighted with 3 days break. Results and Conclusion: We found out that, honey bees' visiting rate was 8.2 bees/ m² and insects which were equal to honey bees or larger than them by morphologically did not visit the flowers of strawberry plants. The biggest yield rate resulted 2320.8 gr/m² was gained in the open bee-pollinated plots. Second yield rate results by 1387.8 gr/m² was gained on the field that was exposed to wind and insects smaller than bees by morphologically. The effect of the wind by 733.1 gr/m² was less effective than insects. It has been proved in the study that strawberry production has greatly improved by honey bee pollination. It has also been discovered that honeybees speeded up fruit ripeniry time up to about 3-4 days. It has been concluded in the study that glasshouse strawberry producers, when the glasshouses provided with bee colonies, may have great advantages. Since strawberry crops will be beter both in quality and quantity, they will have better marketing chances. The intent of fruit growing may be improved in quantity and quality of production. An important way of this is realization of pollination. Pollination of plants also depends on flower structure, wind, insects and other pollinators.
- Subjects
ISTANBUL (Turkey); TURKEY; HONEYBEES; POLLINATION by bees; POLLINATION by insects; STRAWBERRIES
- Publication
Uludag Bee Journal, 2010, Vol 10, Issue 1, p28
- ISSN
1303-0248
- Publication type
Article