Netted crop covers reduce honeybee foraging activity and colony strength in a mass flowering crop

Abstract The widespread use of protective covers in horticulture represents a novel landscape‐level change, presenting the challenges for crop pollination. Honeybees (Apis mellifera L) are pollinators of many crops, but their behavior can be affected by conditions under covers. To determine how nett...

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Main Authors: Lisa J. Evans, Brian T. Cutting, Mateusz Jochym, Milena A. Janke, Crystal Felman, Sarah Cross, Marine Jacob, Mark Goodwin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-05-01
Series:Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5154