Pollination of Apis mellifera and Trigona biroi on the Productivity of Solanaceous Crops

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This study was conducted to determine the effects of bee pollinators (A. mellifera and T. biroi) on the productivity of sola-naceous crops. Two observation sites were selected for conducting this study. One was intended for the A. mellifera and other site for T. biroi. A randomized complete block design (RCBD) was laid out with four blocks and three replicates. Solanaceous crops used in the study were egg-plant, tomato and sweet pepper. Of the three solanaceous crops, analysis of vari-ance showed that A. mellifera had a highly significant effect at 1% level of significance on the percent pollinated flowers of eggplant. However, both bee pollinators had shown the same significant effects on sweet pepper and toma-to. Furthermore, this study revealed that both A. mellifera and T. biroi are very efficient pollinators of eggplant crop. Eggplant is the best sola-naceous crop with highest pollination efficiency to A. mellifera and T. biroi.