Abstract
Strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa) is a fruit-producing plant with high economic value and essential
horticultural commodities in Indonesia. Although strawberry plants have hermaphrodite flowers,
this plant requires pollinating insects because the mature male and female organs are not often
mature at the same time. Honey bees and stingless bees were reported as effective pollination
agents of various plants. This study aims to measure pollination services of Apis cerana and
Tetragonula laeviceps on strawberry plants. Visiting activity of A. cerana and T. laeviceps were
observed by focal sampling method from 8 am to 4 pm. The pollen load on insect were measured by
using the acetolysis method. The results showed the highest duration visits of A. cerana (12.64±0.47
seconds/flower) and the number of flowers visited (12.80±0.65 flowers/three minutes) occurred at 8
to 9 am. Meanwhile, in T. laeviceps, the highest duration visits (89.15±9.03 seconds/number) and
the number of flowers visited (2.18±0.22 flowers/three minutes) occurred at 9 to 10 am. The
number of pollens carried by A. cerana and T. laeviceps were 303275 and 86281 pollen grains,
respectively. Manual and bee pollinations increased the number of fruits formation, fruit size and
weight, and vitamin C content compared with control plants.
Resi Alpionita, Tri Atmowidi, Sih Kahono. (2021) Pollination services of Apis Cerana and Tetragonula Laeviceps (Hymenoptera: Apidae) on strawberry (Fragaria x Ananassa), Asian Journal of Agriculture and Biology, Volume-09, Issue-2.
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