The field experiments were conducted at the University Apiary, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University Pusa, Samastipur (Bihar) during the Kharif season to document the production of fruits and seeds of ridge gourd increased significantly by pollination of Xylocopa fenestrata. | Role of carpenter bee (Xylocopa fenestrata) pollination on fruit and seed yield of ridge gourd, Luffa acutangula L.