Lychee pollination by the honeybee

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 152-157

  Stern, Raphael A ^a,b   Gazit, Shmuel ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b MIGAL GALILEE TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Flower; Litchi chinensis; Nectar; Pollen

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA; LITCHI CHINENSIS;

EID: 0030044796     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.121.1.152     Document Type: Article

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