Foraging range of honey bees, Apis mellifera, in alfalfa seed production fields

Journal of Insect Science

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Hagler, James R ^a   Mueller, Shannon ^b   Teuber, Larry R ^c   MacHtley, Scott A ^a   Van Deynze, Allen ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal; ELISA; Fluorescent dust marking; Insect mark capture; Pollen mediated gene flow; Protein marking

Indexed keywords

APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; MEDICAGO SATIVA;

COLORING AGENT;

ALFALFA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BEE; GENE FLOW; GENETICS; PLANT SEED;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COLORING AGENTS; GENE FLOW; MEDICAGO SATIVA; SEEDS;

EID: 84857353008     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15362442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1673/031.011.14401     Document Type: Article

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