Why honeybees are poor pollinators of a mass-flowering plant: Experimental support for the low pollen quality hypothesis.
Carolina DillerMiguel Castañeda-ZárateSteven D JohnsonPublished in: American journal of botany (2022)
Lack of movement among A. ferox plants during individual honeybee foraging bouts is the most likely explanation for their deposition of low-quality self pollen on stigmas. The "split-pollinator" method is a simple and cost-effective technique to test the quality of pollination.
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