Abundance and visitation rate of apis pollinators on flowers of some multipurpose tree species grown in Muzaffarpur, Bihar, India Kumar Nikesh1,2, Rawat Dinesh Singh2,3,*, Bharti3, Tiwari P.3 1Aspee College of Horticulture & Forestry, Navsari, Gujarat, India 2Central National Herbarium, Botanical Survey of India, Howrah-711103, West Bengal, India 3Department of Botany & Microbiology, HNB Garhwal University, Srinagar, Garhwal, Uttarakhand, India *Corresponding author
Online published on 24 May, 2018. Abstract We investigated abundance and visitation rate of four honey bee (Apis) species on flowers of Litchi chinensis, Mangifera indica, Phyllanthus emblica and Psidium guajava, commonly grown in Muzaffarpur district (Bihar state, India). This observation revealed that the maximum flowers were visited during morning hours than those of the afternoon and evening hours. The temperature and humidity are likely to be the important factors which affect the abundance and visitation rate of honey bees. The present study can serve as a ready reference for researchers and beekeepers, especially in management of honey bee colonies and in understanding their foraging behaviour. Top Keywords Honey Bee, Bee Forage, Hourly Abundance, Visitation Rate. Top |