Mobility of honey bees (Apidae, Apis mellifera L.) during foraging in avocado orchards

Apidologie

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 209-219

  Ish Am, Gad ^a   Eisikowitch, Dan ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Avocado; Cross pollination; Honey bee; Mobility; Persea americana; Wind velocity

Indexed keywords

AVOCADO; POLLEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AVOCADO ORCHARD; FORAGING; HONEYBEE; MOBILITY;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP; FEEDING; HONEYBEE; NONHUMAN; VELOCITY; WIND;

APIDAE; APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; PERSEA; PERSEA AMERICANA; PERSEA AMERICANO;

EID: 0031833445     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:19980301     Document Type: Article

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