Seasonal variation of pollen collected by honey bees (Apis mellifera) in developed areas across four regions in the United States.

Seasonal variation of pollen collected by honey bees (Apis mellifera) in developed areas across four regions in the United States.

For honey bees (Apis mellifera), colony maintenance and growth are highly dependent on worker foragers obtaining sufficient resources from flowering plants year round. Despite the importance of floral diversity for proper bee nutrition, urban development has drastically altered resource availability...

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Main Authors: Pierre Lau, Vaughn Bryant, James D Ellis, Zachary Y Huang, Joseph Sullivan, Daniel R Schmehl, Ana R Cabrera, Juliana Rangel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0217294

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0217294

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