Effects of honey bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) foraging on seed set in self-fertile sunflowers (Helianthus annuus L.)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1103-1108

  Degrandi Hoffman, Gloria ^a   Chambers, Mona ^a  

^a CARL HAYDEN BEE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Helianthus annuus; Humidity; Pollen viability; Stigma receptivity; Temperature

Indexed keywords

AUTOGAMY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HONEYBEE; PLANT; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; SEED SET;

APIDAE; APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HELIANTHUS; HELIANTHUS ANNUUS; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 33750208757     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-35.4.1103     Document Type: Article

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