Influence of honey bee, apis mellifera, hives and field size on foraging activity of native bee species in pumpkin fields

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1144-1158

  Artz, Derek R ^a   Hsu, Cynthia L ^a   Nault, Brian A ^a  

^a New York State Agricultural Experiment Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Bombus impatiens; Cucurbita spp.; Peponapis pruinosa; pollination

Indexed keywords

FIELD MARGIN; FLOWER VISITING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; SAMPLING; VINE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BEE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLOWER; MALE; NECTAR; POLLINATION; SQUASH; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; BEES; CUCURBITA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLOWERS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PLANT NECTAR; POLLINATION;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BOMBUS IMPATIENS; CUCURBITA; IMPATIENS; PEPONAPIS PRUINOSA;

EID: 80051708305     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EN10218     Document Type: Article

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