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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Native pollinators"”.
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Foraging Behavior of Spring Bees and Their Agricultural Implications
… honey bee populations in the last decade. Native bees have been largely neglected in research, and their floral preferences may have agricultural implications because native bees ameliorate the demand to rely solely on non-native bees. In this work, pollinator visitation to flowers with …
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ATTRACTING BENEFICIAL INSECTS TO YOUR FARM: A COMPARISON OF HABITAT MODIFICATION STRATEGIES
… in attracting beneficial insects, namely pollinators and natural enemies to pests. Through biological control, natural invertebrate predators inhibit vegetative pests that can be detrimental to croplands. The promotion of natural enemies can decrease the need for chemical use and …
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Manipulating Flowering Times and Site Attractiveness To Pollinators To Improve Yield and Fruit Quality in Strawberry
… the growing season. Proportion fruit set and native pollinator visitation observations were made. Statistics were performed in R using mixed linear models. My results showed that plug propagules produced significantly higher marketable yields than the other treatments through the season. …
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Prairie dogs, plants, and pollinators: tri-trophic interactions affect plant-insect floral visitor webs in shortgrass steppe
… which benefits insect floral visitors, including native pollinators. By altering vegetation, prairie dogs influence plant-pollinator networks in shortgrass steppe.
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Strawberries (Frag X Anan) Are Bigger When Native Mason Bees (Osmia lignaria) Are Experimentally Added to Small Farms
… using solitary bees for crop pollination. The native, solitary Orchard Mason Bee has shown to successfully pollinate almonds and apples, but there has been little work conducted on their effectiveness as a low fruit crop pollinator. This study assesses their effectiveness as a small strawberry …