Research Article

Several New Aspects of the Foraging Behavior of Osmia cornifrons in an Apple Orchard

Table 3

Fruit set of “Alps-Otome” fruit formed by “Maypole” pollen carried by Osmia cornifrons male.

Distance from “Maypole”YearNo. of flowersNo. of fruitsRate of fruit set (mean ± S.E.%)

120081001818.0
1200936512935.3
2008-200926.7 ± 8.7
220081001919.0
2200857512822.3
2008-200920.7 ± 1.7
320081002626.0
3200948014029.2
2008-200927.6 ± 1.6
1*200810011.0
1*200912110.83
2008-20090.9 ± 0.1

*Control, no male.