A Survey of Bee Species Found Pollinating Watermelons in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas

Using a combination of flower traps and visual observations, we surveyed three watermelon (Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai) fields in the Lower Rio Grande Valley to determine what bees inhabit this crop in this region. No managed honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) hives were in any of the...

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Main Authors: C. S. Henne, E. Rodriguez, J. J. Adamczyk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2012-01-01
Series:Psyche: A Journal of Entomology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/357250
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