
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Stoddard, FL 
T1  - Pollen vectors and pollination of faba beans in southern Australia
JF  - Australian Journal of Agricultural Research
JO  - Aust. J.  Agric. Res.
Y1  - 1991
VL  - 42
IS  - 7
SP  - 1173
EP  - 1178
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/AR9911173 
N2  - Commercial crops of faba beans (Vicia faba L.) in South Australia and western Victoria were surveyed for flower visitors and incidence of pollination. Honeybees were the only pollen vectors. The incidence of pollination was never less than 50% and averaged 80%. The effectiveness of honeybees as pollen vectors contrasts with their ineffectiveness in colder climates, partly because in the Mediterranean climate beans flower in late winter and early spring when bees are in search of pollen. It is unlikely that growers of faba beans in Australia will need to provide supplementary hives to ensure adequate pollination. 
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