Seasonal variation in vegetation and pollen collected by honeybees in Thessaloniki, Greece

Grana

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 292-299

  Dimou, Maria ^a,b   Thrasyvoulou, Andreas ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b Agroktima Panepistimiou   (Greece)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera L; Pollen foraging; Pollen sources; Pollen trap

Indexed keywords

FLOWER; HERB; HONEYBEE; LEGUME; POLLEN; SEASONAL VARIATION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

APIS MELLIFERA; ASTERACEAE; FABACEAE; OLEA EUROPAEA; PAPAVER; PAPAVER RHOEAS; POLYGONUM; POLYGONUM AVICULARE; ROSACEAE; SISYMBRIUM IRIO; THESSALONIKI; VERBASCUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 49649125889     PISSN: 00173134     EISSN: 16512049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00173130701760718     Document Type: Article

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