Foraging behaviour of a blue banded bee, Amegilla chlorocyanea in greenhouses: Implications for use as tomato pollinators

Apidologie

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 86-92

  Hogendoorn, Katja ^a   Coventry, Steven ^a   Keller, Michael Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amegilla; Anthophoridae; Foraging; Greenhouse; Pollination; Tomato

Indexed keywords

BEE; BIOMONITORING; FLOWER VISITING; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; VEGETABLE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

AMEGILLA; ANTHOPHORIDAE; APOIDEA; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 33847018483     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2006060     Document Type: Article

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