Managing Honey Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) for Greenhouse Tomato Pollination

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 547-554

  Sabara, Holly A ^a,b   Winston, Mark L ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Colony management; Greenhouse; Honey bee; Pollination; Tomatoes

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; APIDAE; APINAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BOMBUS; BOMBUS (GENUS); BOMBUS PENNSYLVANICUS; BOMBUS SP.; HYMENOPTERA; LYCOPERSICON; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0242407355     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/96.3.547     Document Type: Article

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