Overview of bee pollination and its economic value for crop production

SAM Khalifa, EH Elshafiey, AA Shetaia, AAA El-Wahed… - Insects, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary There is a rising demand for food security in the face of threats posed by a
growing human population. Bees as an insect play a crucial role in crop pollination …

Hand pollination of global crops–A systematic review

A Wurz, I Grass, T Tscharntke - Basic and Applied Ecology, 2021 - Elsevier
Global pollinator declines and land-use change can lead to pollination limitation with
implications for agricultural productivity. Hand pollination is used in agricultural production …

Effects of green manure planting mode on the quality of Korla fragrant pears (Pyrus sinkiangensis Yu)

S Han, J Zhao, Y Liu, L Xi, J Liao, X Liu… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
In this study, a three-year experiment on the fragrant pear orchard was conducted to
investigate the effects of different varieties of green manure on the Korla fragrant pear fruit …

Influence of Different Liquid Spray Pollination Parameters on Pollen Activity of Fruit Trees—Pear Liquid Spray Pollination as an Example

L Liu, Z Liu, H Han, Y Jiang, X He, Y Liu, D Wang… - Horticulturae, 2023 - mdpi.com
Liquid spray pollination (LSP) is widely used in fruit tree pollination. However, the LSP
parameters that affect the pollen activity are still unclear. In this study, three LSP parameters …

Xylocopa caerulea and Xylocopa auripennis harbor a homologous gut microbiome related to that of eusocial bees

Y Gu, W Han, Y Wang, D Liang, J Gao… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background Eusocial bees, such as bumblebees and honey bees, harbor host-specific gut
microbiota through their social behaviors. Conversely, the gut microbiota of solitary bees is …

Floral preferences of carpenter bees (Apidae: Xylocopini: Xylocopa) from Maranhão, Northeast Brazil

LA Chaves Ferreira, TC Giannini… - … on Neotropical Fauna …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The current study aimed to recognize the floral resources used by bees of the genus
Xylocopa in transition physiognomies. We compiled the information available from biological …

Evaluation of Biomechanical and Mental Workload During Human–Robot Collaborative Pollination Task

MO Yerebakan, Y Gu, J Gross, B Hu - Human Factors, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective The purpose of this study is to identify the potential biomechanical and cognitive
workload effects induced by human robot collaborative pollination task, how additional cues …

[PDF][PDF] Investigation of the effects of eucalyptus extracts on shelf-life of Passion fruit juice

HP Manzi, V Niyigena, F Matsiko, T Niyigaba… - Pol J Environ Stud, 2022 - pjoes.com
This study was aimed to assess the effects of eucalyptus extracts on the shelf life of passion
fruit juice. The pressing and the hydro-distillation approaches were performed to obtain the …

Floral preferences and nesting substrates used by Xylocopa bees (Apidae: Xylocopini) in Brazil

A dos Santos Felix da Silva, J Silva Costa… - Journal of Apicultural …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The present study reviewed publications indexed to the Scopus platform, which evaluated
the plants visited by Xylocopa bees and their nesting sites in Brazil. The stages of this survey …

Larval diet of the carpenter bee Xylocopa (Neoxylocopa) cearensis (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Xylocopini) from the Delta do Parnaíba environmental protection area …

HC Barros, LAC Ferreira, AG Silva-Almeida… - …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract The genus Xylocopa Latreille, 1802 (Apidae: Xylocopini) Latreille includes efficient
pollinating bees that visit a wide range of botanical species. Although several studies have …