METHOD TO DETECT DEPENDENCE OF ENTOMOPHILOUS CROPS SEEDS PRODUCTIVITY ON POLLINATION WITH BEES Russian patent published in 2011 - IPC A01G7/00 A01H1/02 A01K47/06 

FIELD: agriculture.

SUBSTANCE: invention refers to the field of agriculture, in particular, to bee keeping. The method includes detection of an experimental section and a reference one of the same area and conditions, installation of a screen onto the section of the specified area, accounting of number of bees that visited the reference section and comparison of productivity indices of the reference section with the productivity of the experimental section covered with the screen. At the same time initially melliferous bees approach from top is limited by installation of a preferably horizontal web of a screen above the surface of the whole experimental section without contact with plants. Then melliferous bees approach is limited at sides by lowering of side walls along the whole perimeter of the horizontal web of the screen by the specified height. The surface of the screen web is made of transparent water and air permeable material, ensuring access to plants of the whole spectrum of sun rays providing a full-scale of plants photosynthesis. Installation of the screen web above the surface of plants of the whole experimental section is arranged depending on height of controlled plants, which is adjusted along the height with the help of, for instance, telescopic supports of the screen.

EFFECT: method makes it possible to simplify the process and to detect advantages of melliferous bees compared to wild pollinators.

3 cl, 2 dwg, 1 ex