Toxicity of Mimosa tenuiflora pollen to Africanized honey bees (Apis mellifera L.)

Acta Scientiae Veterinariae

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 161-163

  da Silva, Carolina Vale ^a   de Mesquita, Luciene Xavier ^a   Maracajá, Patrício Borges ^b   Soto Blanco, Benito ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DO SEMI ÁRIDO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINA GRANDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

"Jurema preta"; Apidae; Hymenoptera; Mimosaceae; Poisonous plants; Toxic pollen

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BOVIDAE; FABACEAE; HYMENOPTERA; MIMOSA; MIMOSA TENUIFLORA;

EID: 79954631356     PISSN: 16780345     EISSN: 16799216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22456/1679-9216.16615     Document Type: Article

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