Honey Bee Foraging on Dandelion and Apple in Apple Orchards
Abstract
A four-year study was conducted to determine if honey bees foraging on dandelion switched to apple bloom when dandelion flowers closed in the afternoon. The number of honey bees foraging on dandelion decreased significantly in the afternoon with no significant increase of honey bee numbers on apple. Four thousand honey bees were marked while foraging on dandelion but only two were later observed working apple. Most honey bees foraging on dandelion for nectar do not switch to apple bloom after dandelions close.
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