Studies of bee foraging plants and analysis of pollen pellets from hives in Oman

Palynology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 207-223

  Sajwani, Alia ^a   Farooq, Sardar A ^a   Bryant, Vaughn M ^b  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis florae; Apis mellifera; honey; honeycomb; melissopalynology; Oman; pollen pellets

Indexed keywords

APICULTURE; FLOWERING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE; NECTAR; PALYNOLOGY;

AL BATINAH; MASQAT [OMAN]; OMAN;

APIS FLOREA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 84911985768     PISSN: 01916122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01916122.2013.871652     Document Type: Article

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