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Effects of pollen collected by honey bees from pollination dependent agricultural cropping systems on honey bee nutrition

Creator:

Topitzhofer, Ellen

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Managed honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) colonies are important pollinators of many cultivated crops. Honey bee colony declines averaging 30% annually in the United States for the past 7 years have caused significant concern and hence have been a topic of intensive investigation. These declines are reportedly due to multiple...

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Masters Thesis

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Effects of pollen collected by honey bees from pollination
Interactions Between Wild Bee Communities and Douglas-fir Beetle (Dendroctonus pseudotsugae) Populations in Douglas-fir (Pseudotsugae menziezii) Forests of the Intermountain West

Creator:

Foote, Gabriel G.

Abstract:

This work combines both applied and basic research regarding previously undescribed relationships between two ecologically and economically important insect groups in coniferous forests, bark beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae) and wild bee (Hymenoptera: Apiformes) communities in Western North America. Across the continent, native bark beetle outbreaks are key drivers of structural...

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Masters Thesis

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assistance and instruction in collecting bees during the summer of 2016. I thank these individuals as