Database Research Summaries
2018 Effect of Honeybees on the Fruiting Characteristics of Soybeans

calendar_today Year of Research: 2018
update Posted On: 12/04/2019
group David Ferguson (Principal Investigator, Murray State University)
bookmark Kentucky Soybean Promotion Board

Research Focus

This project’s focus is to test the effect of bees on soybean fruiting characteristics and yield.

Objectives

Investigate whether or not honeybees might be helpful to increasing the number of pods that are kept on soybeans.

Results

Results will be updated once the project is completed.

Importance

This will allow farmers to know whether honeybees could be helpful in increasing the soybean yield.

For more information about this research project, please visit the National Soybean Checkoff Research Database.

Funded in part by the soybean checkoff.