Are bumble bee colonies in tomato greenhouses obtaining adequate nutrition?

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 135, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 883-892

  Whittington, Robin ^a   Winston, Mark L ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEE; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; NUTRITION; POLLINATOR;

ANIMALIA; APIDAE; APOIDEA; BOMBUS (GENUS); BOMBUS OCCIDENTALIS; BOMBUS PENNSYLVANICUS; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SOLANACEAE;

EID: 1042279773     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/n02-121     Document Type: Article

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