Composition of pollen loads of Megachile rotundata in relation to flower diversity (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 619-625

  O'Neill, Kevin M ^a   O'Neill, Ruth P ^a   Blodgett, Sue ^a   Fultz, Jessica ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Megachilidae; Pollination; Seed alfalfa

Indexed keywords

ALFALFA; ANGIOSPERM; BEE; POLLEN; POLLINATION;

APOIDEA; BRASSICACEAE; HYMENOPTERA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MEGACHILE ROTUNDATA; MEGACHILIDAE; MELILOTUS OFFICINALIS;

EID: 11344250228     PISSN: 00228567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2317/E-24.1     Document Type: Article

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