Foraging of bees on oil-seed rape (Brassica napus L.) in relation to the stage of flowering of the crop and pest control
- 1 February 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Journal of Agricultural Science
- Vol. 94 (1), 151-154
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0021859600028008
Abstract
Summary: Large populations of bees often continue to forage on oil-seed rape crops until flowering ceases. Applications of insecticide to crops in the late flowering stage could be hazardous to these bees.Keywords
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