Manipulating pollen supply in honey bee colonies during the fall does not affect the performance of winter bees

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 554-563

  Mattila, Heather R ^a,b   Otis, Gard W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROOD REARING; FOOD LIMITATION; HONEYBEE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; POLLEN; SEASONAL VARIATION;

APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 34548083998     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/n06-032     Document Type: Article

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