Botanical inventory and phenology in relation to foraging behaviour of the Cape honeybees (Apis Mellifera Capensis) at a site in the Eastern Cape, South Africa

From an apicultural point of view the Cape fynbos is under-utilised and our knowledge of its utilization by the Cape honeybees is incomplete. The key aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that the Cape honeybees utilize the fynbos species as the preferred source of nectar and pollen. Subsidia...

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Main Author: Merti, Admassu Addi
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Rhodes University 2003
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003783