Surya Prakash Paikara and G.P. Painkra*
*All India Coordinated Research Project on Honey Bees and Pollinators
IGKV, Department of Entomology, Raj Mohini Devi College of Agriculture and Research Station Ambikapur- 497001 Surguja (Chhattisgarh) India
Received-01.11.2020, Revised-26.11.2020
Abstract: A field experiment was undertaken to study the effect of weather parameters on the activity of various pollinators/visitors during 2018-19. Indian honey bee showed significant and negative correlation with minimum temperature (r= -0.750) and rock bee (r= -0.713) Italian bee (r= -0.715) whereas, the population of little bee showed significant positive correlation with maximum temperature (r= 0.764). The population of syrphid fly had exhibit significant and negative correlation with maximum temperature (r= -0.710). Evening relative humidity had positive and significant impact on the population of house fly (r= 0.739) and population of monarch butterfly exhibit significant and negative correlation with morning relative humidity (r= -0.757). Red cotton bug showed significant and negative correlation with maximum temperature (r= -0.738). The population of lady bird beetle exhibit significant and positive correlation with minimum temperature (r= 0.772).
Keywords: Coriander crop, correlation, Independent and dependent variables, pollinators/visitors, weather parameter
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