Document Type
Article
Journal/Book Title/Conference
Journal of the American Society for Horticulture Science
Volume
99
Issue
1
Publisher
American Society for Horticultural Science
Publication Date
1-1974
First Page
40
Last Page
44
Abstract
Open plots of strawbery (Fragaria sp.) or plots caged with colonies of honey bees (Apis melilfera L.) produced less malformed fruit than plots screened to exclude large insects. Bees and large Diptera, mostly drone flies (Eristalis spp.), were the most numerous visitors to the strawberry blossoms. A list of insects including 108 species representing 35 families frequenting strawberry blossoms in Utah was compiled. The most efficient pollinators were Apis mellifera, Halictus ligatus Say, and Eristalis spp.
Subject Area
Pollination and foraging
Taxonomic Grouping
Honey bees
Recommended Citation
Nye, W. P., and J. L. Anderson. 1974. Insect Pollinators Frequenting Strawberry Blossoms and the Effect of Honey Bees on Yeild and Fruit Quality. J. Am. Soc. Hort. Sci. 99(1):40-44.