Table. 1.

Average number of honey bees and stingless bees leaving the hives per minute, observed at every hour interval from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. in mango plantations in Phrao and Mae Taeng, Chiang Mai Province, northern Thailand, during the 2019 season

Site Bee species Time (h)
7 a.m. 8 a.m. 9 a.m. 10 a.m. 11 a.m. 12 p.m. 1 p.m. 2 p.m. 3 p.m. 4 p.m. 5 p.m. 6 p.m.
Phrao Apis mellifera L. 0.75 ± 0.95a,b 1.50 ± 1.29a 4.50 ± 1.91b 4.00 ± 1.82b 5.25 ± 0.95b 5.25 ± 2.21b 3.00 ± 4.08b 5.50 ± 4.20b 5.50 ± 3.31a 4.25 ± 3.77a 6.50 ± 4.43a 2.75 ± 2.21a
Tetragonula laeviceps species complex 0.00 ± 0.00b 3.00 ± 6.00a 26.50 ± 18.69a 12.50 ± 5.19a 15.75 ± 4.57a 14.25 ± 0.50a 13.25 ± 2.98a 13.50 ± 6.24a 8.25 ± 2.06a 6.25 ± 5.73a 5.25 ± 3.50a 0.00 ± 0.00b
Mae Taeng Apis mellifera L. 2.00 ± 2.16a 4.75 ± 4.27a 4.25 ± 4.03b 1.75 ± 1.25b 3.75 ± 2.06b 2.25 ± 1.89b 2.75 ± 2.21b 3.00 ± 0.81b 6.25 ± 2.98a 6.50 ± 3.69a 6.75 ± 6.18a 1.75 ± 1.25a
Tetragonula laeviceps species complex 0.00 ± 0.00b 0.00 ± 0.00a 0.25 ± 0.50b 1.50 ± 1.00b 3.50 ± 1.91b 3.25 ± 1.25ab 2.00 ± 0.81b 1.50 ± 0.57b 1.00 ± 0.81b 0.25 ± 0.50a 0.25 ± 0.50a 0.00 ± 0.00b

Values are presented as mean ± standard error.

The values with different superscript letters in a column are significantly different (p < 0.05).

J Ecol Environ 2022;46:- https://doi.org/10.5141/jee.22.012
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