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Synergistic effects between bumblebees and honey bees in apple orchards increase cross pollination, seed number and fruit size

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G. Sapir1, Z. Baras1, G. Azmon1, Martin Goldway1, Sharoni Shafir2, A. Allouche, E. Stern, Raphael A. Stern1 •
Tel-Hai Academic College1, Hebrew University of Jerusalem2
17 May 2017-Scientia Horticulturae
TL;DR: It appears that the addition of BBs to apple orchards did not only increase the number of pollinating insects in the orchard that could perform cross-pollination, but that it also changed HB foraging behavior, which resulted in improved cross- pollination and increased efficiency, and subsequently more seeds and larger fruit.

47 citations