Effects of honey bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) and bumble bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) presence on cranberry (Ericales: Ericaceae) pollination

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 614-620

  Evans, E C ^a   Spivak, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bumble bees; Cranberries; Honey bees; Pollination

Indexed keywords

APIDAE; APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BOMBUS (GENUS); ERICACEAE; ERICALES; HYMENOPTERA; VACCINIUM MACROCARPON;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEE; CRANBERRY; FLOWER; GEOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FLOWERS; GEOGRAPHY; REPRODUCTION; VACCINIUM MACROCARPON;

EID: 33747400193     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/99.3.614     Document Type: Article

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