Diurnal patterns of pollen collection by feral honey bee colonies in southern Texas, USA

Palynology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 85-93

  Baum, Kristen A ^a   Rubink, William L ^b   Coulson, Robert N ^c   Bryant Jr , Vaughn M ^c  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Texas A and M University ^*  (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

coastal prairie; corbicular pollen loads; feral colony; honey bee; Texas

Indexed keywords

BROOD SIZE; COLONY STRUCTURE; DIURNAL VARIATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HERB; HONEYBEE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POLLEN; POLLINATION; PRAIRIE; SAMPLING;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

APIS MELLIFERA; LAMIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 79957658863     PISSN: 01916122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01916122.2010.546621     Document Type: Article

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