The carpenter bee Xylocopa pubescens as an agricultural pollinator in greenhouses

Apidologie

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 508-517

  Sadeh, Adi ^a   Shmida, Avi ^a   Keasar, Tamar ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Carpenter bee; Greenhouse; Honeybee; Honeydew melon; Pollination

Indexed keywords

BEE; CROP; ENTOMOPHILY; FLOWER VISITING; FRUIT; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; POPULATION DECLINE; SEED;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS MELO VAR. INODORUS; XYLOCOPA PUBESCENS; XYLOCOPINAE;

EID: 39549093031     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2007036     Document Type: Article

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