Differential Collection of Cranberry Pollen by Honey Bees1

1 August 1967

journal article
research article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Economic Entomology

Vol. 60 (4) , 1031-1033
https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/60.4.1031

Abstract

Six colonies of honey bees, Apis mellifera L., were near a cranberry bog. Pollen was collected and One colony consistently collected greater than 98% cranberry pollen, compared with 0.0-86.8% for the other colonies. Apparently, maximum collection of cranberry pollen can be achieved by placing colonies at cranberry bogs before peak bloom.

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