Advances in the timing of spring cleaning by the honeybee Apis mellifera in Poland

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 788-791

  Sparks, Tim H ^a   Langowska, Aleksandra ^a   Głazaczow, Adam ^b   Wilkaniec, Zdzisław ^a   Bieńkowska, Małgorzata ^c   Tryjanowski, Piotr ^a  

^a POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF POMOLOGY AND FLORICULTURE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cleansing; Honeybee; Phenology; Poland; Pollinators

Indexed keywords

CLEANING BEHAVIOR; CLIMATE CHANGE; CULTIVATION; EXCRETION; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE; NATIVE SPECIES; PHENOLOGY; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATION; POPULATION DECLINE; PRESSURE EFFECT; RESEARCH WORK; SPRING (SEASON); TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

POLAND;

APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 78349299398     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2010.01226.x     Document Type: Article

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