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A Method of Measuring Pollinator Populations on Field Crops

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

M. V. Smith  and
G. F. Townsend
M. V. Smith
Affiliation:
Department of Apiculture, Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, Ontario
G. F. Townsend
Affiliation:
Department of Apiculture, Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, Ontario
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The seed production of many field crops, and in particular of legumes, depends to a large degree upon the number of pollinating insects present in the field during the blooming period. A study of the various factors affecting seed production requires, among other things, a knowledge of the population of pollinating insects present, and a ready means of comparing pollinator populations from one field to another. To obtain this information some means must be employed to count and classify the pollinating insects in the field.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 84 , Issue 10 , October 1952 , pp. 314 - 316
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1952

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