Diurnal Foraging Activity for Corn Pollen by Honey Bees12

1 February 1982

journal article
research article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Environmental Entomology

Vol. 11 (1) , 187-188
https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/11.1.187

Abstract

The daily pattern of pollen-foraging activity of Apis mellifera L. was observed on Zea mays L. from mid-July to mid-August at Newark, Del. Foraging occurred from 0600 to 1500 h (EDT), and the peak abundance of pollen-collecting bees was between 0900 and 1000 h on field and sweet corn. These data indicate that insecticide application to corn should be timed to avoid this peak foraging activity of the honey bee.

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