Pollinator genetics and pollination: Do honey bee colonies selected for pollen-hoarding field better pollinators of cranberry Vaccinium macrocarpon?

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 117-123

  Cane, James H ^a   Schiffhauer, Daniel ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis; Apoidea; Bees; Behavioural genetics; Cranberry; Foraging; Pollination efficiency; Pollinator; Vaccinium

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE; POLLEN; POLLINATION; POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALIA; APIDAE; APINAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; ARGYROSOMUS REGIUS; HYMENOPTERA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM MACROCARPON;

EID: 0035037162     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.2001.00309.x     Document Type: Article

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