Abstract

HIGUERA-HIGUERA, Camilo Andrés et al. Assessment of a method of osmoguided peach (Prunus persica) flowers in honeybee Apis melifera. rev.udcaactual.divulg.cient. [online]. 2023, vol.26, n.1, e2242.  Epub June 07, 2023. ISSN 0123-4226.  https://doi.org/10.31910/rudca.v26.n1.2023.2242.

Several studies show that the inclusion of pollinators such as honeybee Apis mellifera generates positive effects in the productivity of peach (Prunus persica) crops. It led to test methodologies that stimulate bees to improve the visit of crops of interest, suggesting the use of the osmoguiding technique, as a tool to potentiate the effect of pollination. This study evaluated an osmoguided protocol to stimulate Africanized hybrids of Apis mellifera to collect pollen from peach flowers, using palynological analysis of pollen samples as an indirect indicator. The treatments used were with osmoguided and without osmoguided. Each treatment had three hives, and the evaluation period was five weeks, coinciding with the peak flowering period of the peach. The results showed that this protocol did not stimulate the bees to visit the peach blossom to search pollen. The permanent availability of other pollen-producing plants, previously reported as significant in the contribution of this resource, could influence bee source selection. The pollen obtained came mainly from plants of the families Fabaceae, Asteraceae, Malvaceae, and Passifloraceae.

Keywords : Entomophilous pollination; Crop yield; Deciduous; Directed pollination; Palynology.

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