Pollen removal and deposition by honeybee and bumblebee visitors to apple and almond flowers

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1032-1044

  Thomson, James D ^a,b   Goodell, Karen ^a,c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Orchard crops; Pollen transfer; Pollination; Pollinator behaviour; Pollinator effectiveness

Indexed keywords

BEE; FLOWER VISITING; POLLEN; POLLINATOR;

EID: 0034770579     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.2001.00657.x     Document Type: Article

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