Pollen selection by feral honey bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) colonies in a coastal prairie landscape

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 727-739

  Baum, Kristen A ^a,b   Rubink, William L ^a,c   Coulson, Robert N ^a   Bryant Jr , Vaughn M ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Coastal prairie; Feral colony; Honey bee; Pollen

Indexed keywords

FLOWER VISITING; HONEYBEE; HOST SELECTION; NECTAR; POLLEN; POLLINATION;

ANIMALIA; APIDAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 10644237981     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-33.3.727     Document Type: Article

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