Mason bees and honey bees synergistically enhance fruit set in sweet cherry orchards

Mason bees and honey bees synergistically enhance fruit set in sweet cherry orchards

Abstract Mason bees (Osmia spp.) are efficient fruit tree pollinators that can be encouraged to occupy and breed in artificial nesting material. In sweet cherry orchards, they are occasionally used as an alternative managed pollinator as a replacement for or in addition to honey bees (Apis mellifera...

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Main Authors: Julia Osterman, Frances Benton, Sara Hellström, Meike Luderer‐Pflimpfl, Ann‐Kathrin Pöpel‐Eisenbrandt, Bilyana Stoykova Wild, Panagiotis Theodorou, Christin Ulbricht, Robert J. Paxton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2023-07-01
Series:Ecology and Evolution
Subjects:
Apis mellifera
crop pollination
ecological intensification
European orchard bee
Osmia cornuta
pollination management
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10289
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