Commercially managed colonies of bumblebees for pollination of Cicer milkvetch

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 437, Issue , 1997, Pages 293-297

  Richards, K W ^a   Myers, T W ^a  

^a SASKATOON RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOIDEA; ASTRAGALUS CICER; BOMBUS OCCIDENTALIS; CICER; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MEGACHILIDAE;

EID: 27144505792     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.1997.437.35     Document Type: Conference Paper

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