Honey bee management and wild bees for pollination of hybrid onion seed

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 561, Issue , 2001, Pages 275-278

  Mayer, D F ^a   Lunden, J D ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allium cepa; Honeybees; Onion; Pollination; Wild bees

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM CEPA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BOMBUS (GENUS); BOMBUS OCCIDENTALIS; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MEGACHILE ROTUNDATA; MEGACHILIDAE; NOMIA MELANDERI; OSMIA; OSMIA LIGNARIA;

EID: 57949084043     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2001.561.41     Document Type: Conference Paper

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