Introducing plants for bee-keeping at any cost? - Assessment of Phacelia tanacetifolia as nectar source plant under xeric Mediterranean conditions

Plant Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 238, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 155-168

  Petanidou, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

Honeybees; Insect visitors; Nectar composition; Nectar secretion; Nectar honey potential; Phacelia tanacetifolia; Pollen collection; Tansy Lacy Phacelia

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; INSECTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PHACELIA; PHACELIA TANACETIFOLIA; TANACETUM VULGARE;

EID: 0037742471     PISSN: 03782697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00606-002-0278-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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