| [bee (apis mellifera, hymenoptera: apoidea) visitation to cantaloupe cucumis melo (cucurvitaceae) flowers in panama]. | flower visits by bees were observed in a melon cultivated field of san lorenzo district, in chiriqui, panama, from january 6 to february 19, 2002, from 6:30 am to 4:30 pm we recorded the duration of each foraging event and the type of resource collected. flower visits were mostly for nectar collection (approximately 75 %). pollen foraging was concentrated in the first hours of the morning and ended by 11:00 am the mean collection time was similar for both food resources, but was different betwee ... | 2007 | 19069779 |