Bumble bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) activity and loss in commercial tomato greenhouses

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 133, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 883-893

  Morandin, L A ^a,b   Laverty, T M ^a,b   Kevan, P G ^b   Khosla, S ^c   Shipp, L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS   (Canada)

^d AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BEE; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

APIDAE; APOIDEA; BOMBUS (GENUS); BOMBUS IMPATIENS; BOMBUS PENNSYLVANICUS; HYMENOPTERA; IMPATIENS; LYCOPERSICON; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SOLANACEAE;

EID: 0035689330     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/Ent133883-6     Document Type: Article

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