The effects of honey bee and bumble bee pollination on fruit set and abortion of cucumber and watermelon

American Bee Journal

Volumn 137, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 386-391

  Stanghellini, M S ^a   Ambrose, J T ^a   Schultheis, J R ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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