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Honeybees foraging response in genetically diversified opium poppy.
Bioresource technology - 1 Sept 2006
Srivastava H K, Singh Dwijendra
Abstract excerpt
Studies were carried out on honeybees foraging on plant flowers. Results showed significantly higher foraging response of honeybees (Apis mellifera) in genetically divergent narcotic plant opium poppy (Papaver somniferum). Of the 18 mutants and two locally adapted cultivars of diverse genotypes screened, eight revealed significantly greater foraging response manifesting honeybee's preference towards specific...
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