List of crop plants pollinated by bees
- List of crop plants pollinated by bees
Pollination by insects is called entomophily. Entomophily is a form of pollination whereby pollen is distributed by insects, particularly bees, Lepidoptera (e.g. butterflies and moths), flies and beetles. Note that honey bees will pollinate many plant species that are not native to areas where honey bees occur, and are often inefficient pollinators of such plants.
Notes and Sources
* [http://maarec.cas.psu.edu/PDFs/Pollination_PM.pdf POLLINATION] Mid-Atlantic Apicultural Research and Extension Consortium, MAAREC Publication 5.2; February 2000
* [http://gears.tucson.ars.ag.gov/beeclass/Pollination.pdf Pollination and Bee Plants] , Excerpted from Beekeeper's Handbook, Sammataro/Avitabile ©1998.
*Krombein KV, Hurd PD Jr., Smith DR (eds.). "Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico", Volume 3, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1979
*McGregor, S.E. [http://gears.tucson.ars.ag.gov/book/ Insect Pollination Of Cultivated Crop Plants] USDA, 1976
*Mussen, Eric [http://entomology.ucdavis.edu/faculty/Mussen/beebriefs/HB_and_CA_Native_Plants.pdf Impact of Honey Bees on the California Environment] University of California Davis , 2002
* [http://www.journals.royalsoc.ac.uk/content/8w42n6v08k761023/fulltext.pdf Pollinators’ impact on crop production] Research study in Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences of 25 October 2006.
See also
*Fruit tree pollination
*Pollination
*Pollination management
*Pollinator
*Pollen source
*Northern Nectar Sources for Honey Bees
*Forage (honey bee)
*List of honey plants
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