Managed honeybees and South American bumblebees exhibit complementary foraging patterns in highbush blueberry

Abstract Despite Apis mellifera being the most widely managed pollinator to enhance crop production, they are not the most suitable species for highbush blueberries, which possess restrictive floral morphology and require buzz-pollination. Thus, the South American bumblebee Bombus pauloensis is incr...

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Main Authors: M. Cecilia Estravis-Barcala, Florencia Palottini, Ivana Macri, Denise Nery, Walter M. Farina
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-04-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-87729-3