THE FIDELITY OF COMMERCIALLY REARED COLONIES OF BOMBUS IMPATIENSCRESSON (HYMENOPTERA: APIDAE) TO LOWBUSH BLUEBERRY IN SOUTHERN NEW BRUNSWICK
| Autor: | Whidden, Troy L. |
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| Zdroj: | The Canadian Entomologist; October 1996, Vol. 128 Issue: 5 p957-958, 2p |
| Abstrakt: | Lowbush blueberry (Vaccinium angustifoliumAit., V. myrtilloidesMichx.) growers often use colonies of the European honey bee (Apis melliferaL.) to supplement native bee populations for pollination. Native bee fauna is thought to be insufficient in number and too unpredictable, in terms of numbers, from year to year to be relied on for adequate crop pollination (Kevan and LaBerge 1978; Mackenzie and Winston 1984; Mohr and Kevan 1987; Kevan 1988; Eck 1988). |
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