Abstract
The present study was conducted to record the population density of insect pollinators visiting fennel crop at Agricultural Research Institute (ARI), Tarnab, Peshawar during 2020-21. Study was laid out in Randomized Complete Block Design. Data was collected alternate day at two distinct time frames: morning and evening. It was observed that ten insect pollinators visited fennel crop during during the flowering season of fennel crop at mentioned time frames. Total of 10 Species were recorded from the expermintal plots including Apis cerana, A. mellifera, A. dorsata, A. florea, Polistes olivaceus, Earistalis tenax, Eupeodis bacculatus, Pieris brassica, Zizina otis and Coccinella septumpunctata. Order Hymenoptera was the most recorded order or insects with 5 species followed by 2 species each from order Lepidoptera and Diptera while 1 species was reported from order Coleoptera. Highest density of insect pollinators (50.4 and 42.2) in both morning and evening were recorded for A. mellifera whereas the lowest numbers of insect pollinators (3.8 and 2) were recorded for Z. Otis.
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