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Arvind Singh

Dear Dr. P R Kumar

Please check the following ResearchGate links.

Article Breeding for Hybrid Hot Pepper

Article Flower and nectar attributes of pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) ...

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Richard Odemer

Hello,

Even though pollination through different bee species is given, hand cross pollination seems by far more effective:

Article Sweat bees on hot chillies: Provision of pollination service...

The species of Trigona spp. seems to be ahead of self pollination in Indonesia:

http://www.entomoljournal.com/archives/2016/vol4issue4/PartC/4-3-152-364.pdf

And it seems that small native species of bees pollinate the chili flowers effectively in Brazil:

Article Foraging Behaviour of Wild Bees at Hot Pepper Flowers (Capsi...

Pollination efficiency of hot pepper by honey bee, stingless bee, and self-pollination were compared in Indonesia:

Article Application of Asiatic Honey Bees ( Apis cerana ) and Stingl...

However none of the above mentioned studies deal with hybrids in particular. Nevertheless I would suggest that the western honey bee should be capable of this task, probably as well as bumblebees (Bombus spp.), commercially avialable.