Crop Pollination by Japanese Bumblebees, Bombus spp. (Hymenoptera: Apidae): Tomato Foraging Behavior and Pollination Efficiency

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 581-586

  Asada, Shin'ichi ^a   Ono, Masato ^b  

^a Kanagawa Prefectural Agricultural Research Institute   (Japan)

^b TAMAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bombus; Bumblebee; Buzz pollination; Pollinator; Tomato

Indexed keywords

APIDAE; BOMBUS ARDENS ARDENS; BOMBUS DIVERSUS DIVERSUS; BOMBUS HYPOCRITA HYPOCRITA; BOMBUS IGNITUS; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; HYMENOPTERA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0030354976     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.31.581     Document Type: Article

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