Past and Present Management of Alfalfa Bees

Bee Pollination in Agricultural Ecosystems

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Pitts Singer, Theresa L ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alfalfa; Alfalfa leafcutting bees; Alkali bees; Megachile rotundata; Megachilidae; Nomia melanderi

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920751093     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195316957.003.0007     Document Type: Chapter

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