Bees visiting flowers of Thymus longicaulis (Lamiaceae)

Plant Biosystems

Volumn 150, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1182-1188

  Campolo, O ^a   Zappala L ^b   Malacrino A ^a   Laudani, F ^a   Palmeri, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apoidea; aromatic plants; thyme; wild bees, Apis mellifera

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923281585     PISSN: 11263504     EISSN: 17245575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11263504.2015.1009190     Document Type: Article

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