Nectar-Robbing Carpenter Bees Reduce Seed-Setting Capability of Honey Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Rabbiteye Blueberry, Vaccinium ashei, 'Climax'

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 100-106

  Dedej, Selim ^a   Delaplane, Keith S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Nectar robbing; Rabbiteye blueberry; Vaccinium ashei; Xylocopa virginica

Indexed keywords

FRUIT PRODUCTION; HONEYBEE; NECTARIVORY;

APIDAE; APINAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM ASHEI; VACCINIUM VIRGATUM; XYLOCOPA VIRGINICA; XYLOCOPINAE;

EID: 1342311303     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-33.1.100     Document Type: Article

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