Influence of pollen nutrition on honey bee health: do pollen quality and diversity matter?

Honey bee colonies are highly dependent upon the availability of floral resources from which they get the nutrients (notably pollen) necessary to their development and survival. However, foraging areas are currently affected by the intensification of agriculture and landscape alteration. Bees are th...

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Main Authors: Garance Di Pasquale, Marion Salignon, Yves Le Conte, Luc P Belzunces, Axel Decourtye, André Kretzschmar, Séverine Suchail, Jean-Luc Brunet, Cédric Alaux
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23940803/pdf/?tool=EBI