Stingless bees further improve apple pollination and production
The use of Africanised honeybee (Apis mellifera scutellata Lepeletier) hives to increase pollination success in apple orchards is a widespread practice. However, this study is the first to investigate the number of honeybee hives ha-1 required to increase the production of fruits and seeds as well a...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Enviroquest Ltd.
2014-10-01
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Series: | Journal of Pollination Ecology |
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Online Access: | http://www.pollinationecology.org/index.php?journal=jpe&page=article&op=download&path%5B%5D=309&path%5B%5D=102 |