The Flower Visiting Insects on Kiwi, Actinidia chinensis Plauch, in Ishikawa Prefecture

Abstract

In 1983, we carried out the investigation of the pollinator fauna in kiwi orchard, in Nonoichi-machi, Ishikawa Prefecture, and captured five species. These were as follows : 1. Lasioglossum tarcatum sp.-group, 2. Ceratina flavipes Smith, 3. Apis mellifera Linnaeus, 4. Sphaerophoria cylindrica Say, 5. Melanostoma mellinum Linnaeus. In this investigation, we were not able to find an effective wild bee as the pollinator of kiwi flower.