Pollen morphology and its effect on pollen collection by honey bees, apis mellifera L. (hymenoptera: Apidae), with special reference to upland cotton, gossypium hirsutum L. (malvaceae)

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Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 128-138

  Vaissière, Bernard E ^a   Vinson, S Bradleigh ^b  

^a INRA   (France)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORN; COTTON; HONEYBEE; HYMENOPTERA; OKRA; PIGWEED; POLLEN MORPHOLOGY; PUMPKIN; SUNFLOWER;

ABELMOSCHUS ESCULENTUS; AMARANTHUS PALMERI; APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; CUCURBITA PEPO; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HELIANTHUS ANNUUS; MALVACEAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0028161687     PISSN: 00173134     EISSN: 16512049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00173139409428989     Document Type: Article

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