International Science Community Association International Research Journal of Biological Sciences 2278-3202 9 4 2020 11 10 Identifying the Major Insect Pollinators of Allium cepa Flowers in Selected Gardens of Kano State, Nigeria 59 63 EN Raval Hiral S. 1 Department of Zoology, B.P. Baria Science Institute, Navsari, Affiliated with Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Surat, Gujarat, India Shah Alkesh I. 2 Department of Zoology, B.P. Baria Science Institute, Navsari, Affiliated with Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Surat, Gujarat, India E. Etim Marylene 1 Department of Microbiology, Federal University of Technology, P. M. B. 1526, Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria C. Eze Chinwe 2 Department of Microbiology, Federal University of Technology, P. M. B. 1526, Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria O. Ikeanumba Michael 3 Department of Biology, Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education, Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria E. Adieze Ifechukwu 4 Department of Microbiology, Federal University of Technology, P. M. B. 1526, Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria Hande Dilip 1 P.G. Department of Botany Shri Shivaji Science College Amaravati, Dist. Amaravati-44603, MS, India M. Athar Sifal 2 P.G. Department of Botany Shri Shivaji Science College Amaravati, Dist. Amaravati-44603, MS, India Pandirkar Akshay 1 Environment & Ecology Department, Tata Consulting Engineers, Unit No. NB 1502 & SB -1501, 15th floor, Empire Tower, Cloud City Campus, Kalwa Industrial Estate, Thane, Belapur Rd, Airoli, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra 400708 Kumar Alok 2 Environment & Ecology Department, Tata Consulting Engineers, Unit No. NB 1502 & SB -1501, 15th floor, Empire Tower, Cloud City Campus, Kalwa Industrial Estate, Thane, Belapur Rd, Airoli, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra 400708 Buragohain M. 1 Department of Chemistry, Lakhimpur Girls College, Assam, India Kakoti N. 2 Department of Chemistry, Lakhimpur Girls College, Assam, India Sarmah P. 3 Department of Chemistry, Lakhimpur Girls College, Assam, India Mahanta S.R. 4 Department of Chemistry, Lakhimpur Girls College, Assam, India Pegu B.K. 5 Department of Life Sciences, Dibrugarh University, Assam, India Saha Tomalika 1 Department of Entomology, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh Ahmad Masum 2 Department of Entomology, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh Das Gopal 3 Department of Entomology, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh Abdullahi 1 Biology Department, Kano University of Science and Technology, Wudil J.M. 2 Biological Science Department, Bayero University Kano N. Abdullahi 3 > Research Paper 2020 7 9 2020 11 10 A field experiment was conducted to assess the major insect pollinators of Allium. cepa seed plantations based on visitation frequency. The study was conducted in three selected gardens in Kano State, Nigeria. Ten umbels were randomly selected; for the observation of insects composition and abundance visiting the flowers by counting and recording the identity of every insect seen on the flower for 15 minutes. The observations were done for one month at weekly interval, from mid March, 2020 to mid April, 2020. A total of twelve observations were made, four from each garden. The results of study shows that Yanbukar garden has the highest significant (p<0.05) number of insects visiting A.cepa flower while Anisoptera and Coccinellidae are not found there. The least significant (p<0.05) number of insects on the flowers were recorded on Darmanawa garden with Caelifera and Anisoptera absent. However, Diptera has the highest significant (p<0.05) number recorded among the other insects. This was followed by Apis which was also significantly high (p<0.05) as compared to other insects. The Poisson distribution fit of model also indicated that there many number Diptera and Apis in the observations than the model will predict. Therefore, Diptera have highest visitation frequencies as compared to Apis on A. cepa seed plantation and this is a crucial component in evaluating pollination activity of a pollinator. Copyright@ International Science Community Association