Honey bee (Apis mellifera) strains differ in avocado (Persea americana) nectar foraging preference

Apidologie

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 299-309

  Dag, Arnon ^a   Fetscher, A Elizabeth ^b   Afik, Ohad ^c   Yeselson, Yelena ^a   Schaffer, Arthur ^a   Kamer, Yossi ^a   Waser, Nicholas M ^b   Madore, Monica A ^b   Arpaia, Mary Lu ^b   Hofshi, Reuben ^d   Shafir, Sharoni ^c  

^a EXTENSION SERVICE   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Persea americana; Perseitol; Pollination; Preference

Indexed keywords

FLOWER VISITING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE; POLLINATION;

CALIFORNIA; ISRAEL; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; APIDAE; APINAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; PERSEA; PERSEA AMERICANA;

EID: 0038660747     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2003022     Document Type: Article

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