Crop storage of pollen and its functional significance in the solitary bee, Melissodes rustica (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 353-358

  Isenberg, Seth B ^a   Cameron, Sydney A ^b   Whitfield, James B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGETICS; NECTAR; POLLEN; SOLITARY BEE;

USA, ARKANSAS;

EID: 0031390085     PISSN: 00228567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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