Kiwifruit is an important horticultural crop all over the world and its development is important in Argentina. This dioecious crop has a short blooming period with nectarless flowers, and its fruit production depends on cross-pollination. Here, we tested whether kiwifruit quality increases by using honeybees exposed to female flowers treated with an artificial fragrance. The three experimental treatments were: A, sprinkled female flowers with 1:1 sugar syrup + Lavandula hybrida extract solution (a new attractant substance especially developed for this study named Lavandin Grosso); B, sprinkled female flowers with 1:1 water + sugar syrup (female flowers with additional sugar syrup reward); C (control; female flowers exposed to honeybees).

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添加香精可提高蜜蜂的访问量和猕猴桃的果实品质 (Actinidia deliciosa)

猕猴桃是世界上重要的园艺作物，其在阿根廷的发展具有重要意义。这种雌雄同株的作物开花期短，无花蜜，果实产量依赖异花授粉。在这里，我们测试了将蜜蜂暴露在用人工香料处理过的雌花中是否会提高猕猴桃的质量。三个实验处理分别是： A、用 1:1 糖浆 +薰衣草提取物溶液（一种专门为本研究开发的新型引诱物质 Lavandin Grosso）洒在雌花上；B、用1:1的水+糖浆洒雌花（雌花有额外的糖浆奖励）；C（对照；雌花暴露于蜜蜂）。