
%0 Journal Article
%A Goodman, RD 
%A Williams, AE 
%T Honeybee pollination of white clover (<I>Trifolium repens</I> L.) cv. Haifa
%J Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture
%D 1994/12/01
%V 34
%N 8
%P 1121-1123
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/EA9941121
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/EA9941121 
%X The role of honeybees (Apis mellifera) in the pollination of white clover cv. Haifa was studied in a commercial planting at Mount Mercer, Victoria. Honeybees comprised 88% of all insect visitors to this crop. The activity of honeybees and native bees (Lasioglossum sp.) increased seed yield from 1.3 g/plot (plots closed to bees) to 40.3 g/plot (plots open to bees). The caging of plots for part of the flowering period to simulate the non-availability of bees for pollination resulted in lower seed yields than those from uncaged plots. 
