Notes on the native bee pollinators in New York apple orchards

Journal of the New York Entomological Society

Volumn 114, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 86-91

  Gardner, K E ^a   Ascher, J S ^b  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Andrena; Apoidea; Apple pollination; Bumble bees; Native bees

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BOMBUS (GENUS); MALUS X DOMESTICA; OSMIA LIGNARIA;

EID: 33846883734     PISSN: 00287199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1664/0028-7199(2006)114[86:notnbp]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Review

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