A scientific note on the use of stingless bees for commercial pollination in enclosures

Apidologie

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 141-142

  Slaa, Ester Judith ^a   Sanchez, Luis Alejandro ^a   Sandi, Miriam ^a   Pram, William Salazar ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Enclosure; Pollination; Salvia; Stingless bees

Indexed keywords

POLLEN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEE; CROP; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT SEED;

ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; MELIPONINAE; SALVIA; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 0033957049     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2000112     Document Type: Article

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