A review of the pollen analysis of South Asian honey to identify the bee floras of the region

Palynology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 54-65

  Jamil Noor, Mehwish ^a   Ahmad, Mushtaq ^b   Ashraf, Muhammad Aqeel ^c   Zafar, Muhammad ^b   Sultana, Shazia ^b  

^a FATIMA JINNAH WOMEN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

bee floras; honey pollen; melissopalynology; review; South Asia

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; APICULTURE; FLORA; HONEYBEE; NECTAR; PALYNOLOGY; POLLINATION;

SOUTH ASIA;

APOIDEA;

EID: 84956806210     PISSN: 01916122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01916122.2014.988383     Document Type: Review

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