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In this study, The usage of bee attracts like Bee-Q and Fruit Boost™ in the pollination of Cucumber was evaluated. The bee visitations on target crop ?owers were made for two weeks, followed by estimation of yield parameters. The different concentrations of Bee-Q and Fruit boost™ was evaluated to understand the honeybee visitation pattern of the target crop for improving pollination ef?cacy. The observations indicate that, Bee-Q at 12.5 g/l and Fruit boost at 0.5 ml/l of Cucumber plots meagerly attracted a number of bee foragers than the control plots. In addition, the plots sprayed with bee attractants marginally enhanced the fruits/plant, length and diameter fruits. The present investigation suggests that the bee attractants increases certain amount of bee visitation, in turn, leads to increase in fruits/plant, length and diameter of fruits on Cucumber
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The use of bee attractants, Bee-Q and Fruit BoostTM in the pollination of niger was evaluated. Bee visitations to niger flowers were observed for two weeks and an estimation of seed yield was determined. Different concentrations of Bee-Q and Fruit boostTM were evaluated to understand honeybee visitation patterns on the target crop and pollination efficiency. Results indicate that applications of Bee-Q at 12.5 g/l and Fruit boost at 0.75 ml/l on niger plots significantly increased the number of bee foragers over control plots. In addition, plots sprayed with these bee attractants significantly enhanced the seed set, seed weight, and germination of niger. This study suggests that pheromone-based bee attractants applied to niger can increase the marginal percentage of bee visitation, seed yield, and percent germination.