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Helia 1994, Vol. 17(21) 53-56

DENSITY OF HONEY BEES (Apis mellifera L.) ON ROWS OF THE SELF-POLLINATED SUNFLOWER LINE 26O7IN SEED PRODUCTION OF ALBENA HYBRID

P. Dimitrov. Z. Dimitrova & A Piskov

pp. 53 - 56

Publish Date: January 01, 1994  |   Single/Total View: 0/0   |   Single/Total Download: 0/0


Abstract

In different planting designs of parent lines for hybrid seed production, pollen is provided by the fertility-restoring line. Apis rnellifoa L. is the most important insect in pollen transfer from the inflorescences of the male line to those of the female. In 1989-1991, in the Dobrudja region, Bulgaria, studies were conducted to determine the row spacing effect of the female line rows of Albena hybrid from the male line row on the density of Apis mellifera L. on the rows of the female line. The results of the investigation show that on an average day, when the density oflP6 mellilera is from 6 to 40 bees per 100 heads, there is no correlation between the traits studied, i.e., the row spacing between the sunflower self-potlinated line 2607 and the male line, in a planting design 5:1 ofhybrid seed production, does not affect the density of Apis mellilera L. on these rows.

Keywords: Apis mellifera, bees, bee pollination, sunflower, sunflower hybrid seed production


How to Cite this Article?

APA 7th edition
Dimitrova, P.D.Z., & Piskov, A. (1994). DENSITY OF HONEY BEES (Apis mellifera L.) ON ROWS OF THE SELF-POLLINATED SUNFLOWER LINE 26O7IN SEED PRODUCTION OF ALBENA HYBRID. Helia, 17(21), 53-56.

Harvard
Dimitrova, P. and Piskov, A. (1994). DENSITY OF HONEY BEES (Apis mellifera L.) ON ROWS OF THE SELF-POLLINATED SUNFLOWER LINE 26O7IN SEED PRODUCTION OF ALBENA HYBRID. Helia, 17(21), pp. 53-56.

Chicago 16th edition
Dimitrova, P. Dimitrov. Z. and A Piskov (1994). "DENSITY OF HONEY BEES (Apis mellifera L.) ON ROWS OF THE SELF-POLLINATED SUNFLOWER LINE 26O7IN SEED PRODUCTION OF ALBENA HYBRID". Helia 17 (21):53-56.