Honey bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) pollination of rabbiteye blueberry vaccinium ashei var. 'Climax' is pollinator density-dependent

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1215-1220

  Dedej, Selim ^a   Delaplane, Keith S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Bee density; Pollination; Rabbiteye blueberry; Vaccinium ashei

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; FRUIT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; POPULATION DENSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VACCINIUM;

ANIMALS; BEES; FRUIT; POLLEN; POPULATION DENSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VACCINIUM;

EID: 0141871958     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/96.4.1215     Document Type: Article

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