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1. Apis mellifera (Honey bee with pollen attched to body hairs).
2. Apis mellifera (Honey bee with pollen baskets full).
3. Bombus ternarius (Tri-coloured bumblebee with pollen attached to body hairs).
4. Bombus fervidus (Golden northern bumblebee with pollen baskets full)

Title: Apple pollination studies in the Annapolis Valley, N.S., Canada, 1928-1932.
Identifier: applepollination162brit (find matches)
Year: 1933 (1930s)
Authors: Brittain, W. H; Canada. Dept. of Agriculture
Subjects: Apples; Fertilization of plants by insects
Publisher: Ottawa : Department of Agriculture
Contributing Library: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada – Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada
Digitizing Sponsor: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada – Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada

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128 help in preparing the food for the young." Filmer (1932) finds great irregu- larity in the proportional number of pollen carriers during fruit bloom, which bears no relation to the total field force, the average percentage for six 3-pound, overwintered colonies being 39-6; for four 3-pound packages established on drawn comb 24-7, and for four 3-pound packages established on foundation 15-7. Parker (loc.cit.) in studies of a number of selected plants records a count of 45 hive bees collecting pollen only, 24 collecting both pollen and nectar and
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Fig. 62.—Hive and bumble bees showing characteristic methods of carrying pollen: i I) Apis mellifica L.. showing pollen attached to hairs of body; (2) Apis mellifica L... with pollen baskets full; (3) Bremus temarius Say. showing pollen attached to hairs of body: (4) Bremus ferritins Fab., with pollen baskets full (original).

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