Essays about: "B. hortorum"
Found 2 essays containing the words B. hortorum.
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1. Insect pollination of faba beans, Vicia faba : the abundance and foraging behaviour of different pollinators and their effect on crop yield
University essay from SLU/Dept. of EcologyAbstract : Faba beans, Vicia faba is known as a self-pollinating crop, however significant yield increases have been found in plants visited by honeybees and bumblebees. The bees either make positive visits, entering the flower and transferring pollen between different flowers resulting in cross-pollination, or negative visits, piercing the flower to “steal” nectar or collect nectar from extrafloral nectaries. READ MORE
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2. Swedish bumblebee decline? Outcome from a national monitoring program with a five-year interval between surveys
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Biologi; Linköpings universitet/Tekniska fakultetenAbstract : Bumblebees are important pollinators that are said to be in decline all over the world. Swedish bumblebees have now been inventoried through a nationwide monitoring program for which data for the first time have been analysed. READ MORE