Improving spatial arrangement of honeybee colonies to avoid pollination shortfall and depressed fruit set

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 350-359

  Cunningham, Saul A ^a   Fournier, Alice ^a,b   Neave, Michael J ^a   Le Feuvre, Danny ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c Australian Bee Services   (Australia)

Author keywords

Prunus dulcis; Apis mellifera; Colony density; Crop pollination; Flowers; Foraging behaviour; Spatial variability

Indexed keywords

COLONY; CROP YIELD; DICOTYLEDON; ENTOMOPHILY; FLOWER VISITING; FRUIT SET; HONEYBEE; ORCHARD; POLLINATION; POPULATION DENSITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; TRANSECT; YIELD RESPONSE;

AUSTRALIA;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; PRUNUS DULCIS;

EID: 84958880792     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12573     Document Type: Article

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