Increasing yields with bees

2007

Research organisaton
Funding source

Trial details

Researcher(s) Danny Le Feuvre (Ag Consulting Co.)
Year(s) 2007
Contributor Agriculture Kangaroo Island Incorporated
Trial location(s) Mundalla, SA
Penneshaw, SA
Riverton, SA
Tarlee, SA
Warooka, SA
Wolseley, SA
Increasing yields with bees locations
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:
• CJ Coleman,
• Michael Richards, and the
• National Landcare Program.


Other trial partners Ag Consulting Co.
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Method

Crop type Grain Legume: Faba beans
Treatment type(s)
  • Management systems
Trial type
Trial design

Mundalla 2007

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Penneshaw 2007

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Riverton 2007

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Tarlee 2007

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Warooka 2007

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Wolseley 2007

Sow date Not specified
Harvest date Not specified
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Plot replication Not specified
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Trial results Table 1

# Treatment 1
Yield in tent (t/ha) Yield out tent (t/ha) Yield change vs. control (%)
1 Warooka 1.44 2.05 42
2 Penneshaw small plots 1.6 2.48 55
3 Penneshaw broadacre wide rows 1.13 2.73 140
4 Penneshaw broadacre 1.48 2.24 51
5 Wolseley 1.2 2.52 81
6 Riverton (bottom of slope) 2.15 3.91 81
7 Riverton (top of slope) 2.31 3.79 64
8 Tarlee Farah 1.68 2.49 49
9 Tarlee Nura 1.58 2.41 52
10 Mundalla Farah 1.97 2.31 17
11 Mundalla commercial 2.58 2.92 33
12 Mundalla Nura 2.44 2.92 20

Yield change vs. control %


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Yield in tent t/ha


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Yield out tent t/ha


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Observed trial site soil information
Trial site soil testing
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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
Soil Moisture Source: BOM/ANU
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 71.2mm368.3mm545.4mm97.3mm558.7mm
2006 114.6mm389.3mm567.7mm94.5mm535.6mm
2005 140.4mm409.7mm581.9mm103.1mm496.3mm
2004 190.5mm367.9mm530.9mm94.0mm486.0mm
2003 219.9mm408.0mm536.3mm102.1mm535.2mm
2002 252.5mm400.0mm515.5mm73.6mm530.4mm
2001 345.0mm420.3mm544.4mm89.5mm570.7mm
2000 391.7mm421.0mm519.9mm105.4mm612.7mm
National soil grid Source: CSIRO/TERN
NOTE: National Soil Grid data is aggregated information for background information on the wider area
Actual soil values can vary significantly in a small area and the trial soil tests are the most relevant data where available

Soil properties

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Climate

Derived climate information

No observed climate data available for this trial.
Derived climate data is determined from trial site location and national weather sources.

Mundalla SA

Penneshaw SA

Riverton SA

Tarlee SA

Warooka SA

Wolseley SA

Mundalla SA

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Penneshaw SA

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Riverton SA

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Tarlee SA

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Warooka SA

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Wolseley SA

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Some data on this site is sourced from the Bureau of Meteorology

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 last modified: 15-12-2021 09:26am AEST