Management of the alfalfa leafcutting bee, Megachile rotundata (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae), for pollination of wild lowbush blueberry

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 81-93

  Stubbs, Constance S ^a   Drummond, Francis A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALFALFA LEAFCUTTING BEE; LOWBUSH BLUEBERRY; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR EFFECTIVENESS; STOCKING DENSITY;

APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; ERICACEAE; HYMENOPTERA; MEGACHILE ROTUNDATA; MEGACHILIDAE; VACCINIUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM;

EID: 0031419584     PISSN: 00228567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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