Table 4 The visitation rate of bees of four functional groups in four species of plants during the eclipse and non-eclipse days.

From: Impact of the annular solar eclipse on December 26, 2019 on the foraging visits of bees

Day type

Plant species

Carpenter bees

Honey bees

Solitary bees

Stingless bees

Eclipse day

Cleome rutidosperma

–

0

0.14 ± 0.29

0.05 ± 0.10

Hygrophila schulli

0

–

0.11 ± 0.19

0

Mimosa pudica

0.06 ± 0.11

0.08 ± 0.14

0.19 ± 0.33

0.07 ± 0.13

Urena sinuata

–

0

0.36 ± 0.62

0

Non-eclipse day

Cleome rutidosperma

–

13.11 ± 3.62

8.96 ± 8.65

13.4 ± 7

Hygrophila schulli

0.08 ± 0.14

–

0.87 ± 0.47

0.16 ± 0.20

Mimosa pudica

0.19 ± 0.17

0.21 ± 0.42

0.54 ± 0.35

0.23 ± 0.25

Urena sinuata

–

0.28 ± 0.75

1.54 ± 0.86

0.17 ± 0.29

  1. Mean ± SD visits are shown; —indicates that the plants have not associated to the bees of that functional guild; 0 for a bee functional guild indicates that the bees of that guild have associated to the flowers, but not visited during the observation period on the eclipse day.
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