Standard methods for pollination research with Apis mellifera

By K. Delaplane, A. Dag, R. Danka, B. Freitas, L. Garibaldi, R. Goodwin, J. Hormaza, Ŕ. Negro. 2013

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Summary In this chapter we present a synthesis of recommendations for conducting field experiments with honey bees in the context of agricultural pollination. We begin with an overview of methods for determining the mating system requirements of plants and the efficacy of specific pollinators. We describe methods for evaluating the pollen-vectoring capacity of bees at the level of individuals or colonies and follow with methods for determining optimum colony field stocking densities. We include sections for determining post-harvest effects of pollination, the effects of colony management (including glasshouse enclosure) on bee pollination performance, and a brief section on considerations about pesticides and their impact on pollinator performance. A final section gives guidance on determining the economic valuation of honey bee colony inputs at the scale of the farm or region.

Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Insect Science

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In Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

1. L. Garibaldi
2. M. Aizen
3. P. Neumann
4. Robert Brodschneider
5. P. Mędrzycki
6. B. Vaissière
7. R. Paxton
8. J. V. D. van der Steen

In Genetics

1. Robert Brodschneider
2. P. Neumann
3. L. Garibaldi
4. M. Aizen
5. P. Mędrzycki
6. B. Vaissière
7. R. Paxton
8. J. V. D. van der Steen

In Insect Science

1. M. Aizen
2. L. Garibaldi
3. Robert Brodschneider
4. P. Neumann
5. P. Mędrzycki
6. G. Tanner
7. I. Fries
8. Geoffrey R. Williams

Citations in the corpus

• The impact of honey bee colony quality on crop yield and farmers’ profit in apples and pears (2017, background): “As in Delaplane et al. (2013), we calculated the marginal benefit for farmers (the difference in profit) due to the increase in the quality of bee colonies (ΔP), as follows: ΔP = Prof.HQ − Prof.Conv where Prof.HQ and Prof.Conv was the profit (US$ ha−1) of a farm supplemented with high-quality and…”
• Standard methods for maintaining adult Apis mellifera in cages under in vitro laboratory conditions (2013, methodology): “…to the BEEBOOK papers by Delaplane et al. (2013) for how to estimate colony strength, Human et al. (2013) for estimating age of developing honey bees, and Delaplane et al. (2013) for estimating floral sources, as well as section 4 in this paper for obtaining workers from colonies for experiments.”