Pollination efficiencies of three bee (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) species visiting rabbiteye blueberry

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1726-1731

  Sampson, Blair J ^a   Cane, James H ^b  

^a USDA Small Fruit Research Station   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Blueberry; Fruit set; Habropoda laboriosa; Osinia ribifloris; Pollination

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; FRUIT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BEES; FRUIT; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034564793     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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