Foraging Ecology and Behaviour of the Alfalfa Pollinating Bee Species Megachile nana (Hymenoptera : Megachilidae)

Entomologia Generalis

Volumn 22, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 233-237

  Abrol, Dharam Paul ^a  

^a SHER E KASHMIR UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY OF JAMMU   (India)

Author keywords

Flight activity; Medicago sativa; Megachile nana Bingh 1802; Path analysis; Pollination; Weather factors

Indexed keywords

APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MEGACHILE; MEGACHILIDAE;

EID: 0000308631     PISSN: 01718177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/entom.gen/22/1998/233     Document Type: Article

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