Current Status of Insect Pollinators Use in Apple Orchards
2012
Yoon, H.J., National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA, Suwon, Republic of Korea | Lee, K.Y., National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA, Suwon, Republic of Korea | Park, I.G., National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA, Suwon, Republic of Korea | Kim, M.A., National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA, Suwon, Republic of Korea | Kim, Y.M., National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA, Suwon, Republic of Korea | Kang, P.D., National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA, Suwon, Republic of Korea
It was surveyed the current status of commercial insect pollinators, for examples, bumblebees, honeybees and mason bees, use in apple orchards, 2011. Total cultural area and the number of farmer with tomato were 4,488.5ha and 11,134, respectively. The use rate and number of colony of insect pollinators in tomato were 39.4% (4,384 farmers) and 31,431 colonies, respectively. In the use of insect pollinators, bumblebee was mostly used as pollinator that was 99.6∼99.7%, however, honeybee was only 0.3∼0.4%. Average used acres and periods per bumblebee colony were 569.3㎡ and 68.7±1.1 days, respectively. The number of colony per farmer was 7.3±0.3. Most tomato farmers expressed a positive intention as 79.1% in use of bumblebee for apple pollination. The best advantage to the use of bumblebee use was reduction of cost and labor, which was 36.1% and the worst problem was high cost for pollinator purchase, which was 29.0%. And also, 93.3% of farmers intend to use continuously insect pollinators.
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