Pollen diversity collected by honey bees in the vicinity of Vaccinium spp. crops and its importance for colony development

Botany

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 545-555

  Girard, Mélissa ^a   Chagnon, Madeleine ^b   Fournier, Valérie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Floral diversity; Honey bees; Nutritional deficiencies; Pollen; Pollination; Vaccinium

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BROOD REARING; COLONIZATION; CROP PRODUCTION; FLOWER VISITING; HONEYBEE; MONOCULTURE; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POLLEN; POLLINATION; SHRUB; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ALNUS; APIS MELLIFERA; BRASSICACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; TARAXACUM OFFICINALE; TRIFOLIUM; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM; VACCINIUM MACROCARPON;

EID: 84863200237     PISSN: 19162804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/B2012-049     Document Type: Article

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