Pollen Source Affects Development and Behavioral Preferences in Honey Bees
With the availability of various plants in bloom simultaneously, honey bees prefer to collect some pollen types over others. To better understand pollen’s role as a reward for workers, we compared the digestibility and nutritional value of two pollen diets, namely, pear (<i>Pyrus bretschneider...
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Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2021-02-01
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Series: | Insects |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/12/2/130 |