The alfalfa leafcutting bee, megachile rotundata fabr.: An alternative managed pollinator of lowbush blueberry

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 446, Issue , 1997, Pages 87-90

  MacKenzie, Kenna ^a   Javorek, Steve ^b   Rogers, Dick ^c  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b Diversified Pollination Services   (Canada)

^c Nova Scotia Dept Agric and Mktg   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alfalfa Leafcutting Bee; Fruit production; Lowbush blueberry; Megachile rotundata; Pollination; Vaccinium angustfolium

Indexed keywords

APOIDEA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MEGACHILE ROTUNDATA; MEGACHILIDAE; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM;

EID: 70350048265     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.1997.446.11     Document Type: Conference Paper

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