Influence of brood, vent screening, and time of year on honey bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) pollination and fruit quality of greenhouse tomatoes

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 727-734

  Sabara, H A ^a,b   Gillespie, D R ^c   Elle, E ^a   Winston, M L ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c SUMMERLAND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Greenhouse; Honey bee; Pollination; Tomatoes

Indexed keywords

ACRONICTA LEPORINA; ANIMALIA; APIDAE; APINAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BOMBUS; BOMBUS (GENUS); HYMENOPTERA; LYCOPERSICON; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SOLANACEAE;

EID: 2342566034     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/97.3.727     Document Type: Article

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