Trial details
Researcher(s)
Danny Le Feuvre (Ag Consulting Co.)
Year(s)
2007
Contributor
Agriculture Kangaroo Island Incorporated
Trial location(s)
Mundalla, SA
Aims
To assess the yield response using honey bees for pollination in dryland faba beans.
Key messages
Managed bee hives have the ability to substantially increase bean crop yields.
Across the 12 bean trials there was an average of 54% yield increase over the exclusion tent.
In trials with adequate introduced bee densities an average of 73% yield increase was achieved over the exclusion tent.
Lead research organisation
Agriculture Kangaroo Island Incorporated
Host research organisation
N/A
Trial funding source
NLP
Related program
National Landcare Programme
Acknowledgments
Many thanks to the funding bodies/sponsors:
Other trial partners
Ag Consulting Co.
Method
Crop type
Grain Legume: Faba beans
Treatment type(s)
Trial type
Experimental
Trial design
Replicated
Mundalla 2007
Sow date
Not specified
Harvest date
Not specified
Plot size
Not specified
Plot replication
Not specified
Penneshaw 2007
Sow date
Not specified
Harvest date
Not specified
Plot size
Not specified
Plot replication
Not specified
Riverton 2007
Sow date
Not specified
Harvest date
Not specified
Plot size
Not specified
Plot replication
Not specified
Tarlee 2007
Sow date
Not specified
Harvest date
Not specified
Plot size
Not specified
Plot replication
Not specified
Warooka 2007
Sow date
Not specified
Harvest date
Not specified
Plot size
Not specified
Plot replication
Not specified
Wolseley 2007
Sow date
Not specified
Harvest date
Not specified
Plot size
Not specified
Plot replication
Not specified
Observed trial site soil information
Soil conditions
Trial site
Soil texture
Mundalla, SA
Not specified
Penneshaw, SA
Not specified
Riverton, SA
Not specified
Tarlee, SA
Not specified
Warooka, SA
Not specified
Wolseley, SA
Not specified
Derived trial site soil information
Average amount of water stored in the soil profile during the year, estimated by the
OzWALD model-data fusion system.
Year
Mundalla SA
Penneshaw SA
Riverton SA
Tarlee SA
Warooka SA
Wolseley SA
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
Climate
Derived climate information
No observed climate data available for this trial.
Mundalla SA
Penneshaw SA
Riverton SA
Tarlee SA
Warooka SA
Wolseley SA
SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/ Jeffrey, S.J., Carter, J.O., Moodie, K.B. and Beswick, A.R. (2001). Using spatial interpolation to
construct a comprehensive archive of Australian climate data , Environmental Modelling and Software, Vol
16/4, pp 309-330. DOI: 10.1016/S1364-8152(01)00008-1.
Trial report and links
2007 trial report
