Feeding pollen supplements to honey bee colonies during pollination of sweet pepper in enclosures

American Bee Journal

Volumn 142, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 675-679

  Kalev, H ^a   Dag, A ^a   Shafir, S ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Brood; Capsicum annuum; Enclosures; Greenhouse; Honey bees; Pollen supplement; Pollination; Sweet pepper

Indexed keywords

CAPSICUM ANNUUM;

EID: 0036738356     PISSN: 00027626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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