| defining the insect pollinator community found in iowa corn and soybean fields: implications for pollinator conservation. | although corn (zea mays l.) and soybeans (glycine max l.) do not require pollination, they offer floral resources used by insect pollinators. we asked if a similar community of insect pollinators visits these crops in central iowa, a landscape dominated by corn and soybean production. we used modified pan traps (i.e., bee bowls) in both corn and soybean fields during anthesis and used nonmetric multidimensional scaling (nms) to compare the communities found in the two crops. summed across both c ... | 2016 | 27516433 |
| survey of soybean insect pollinators: community identification and sampling method analysis. | soybean, glycine max (l.) merrill, flowers can be a source of nectar and pollen for honey bees, apis mellifera l. (hymenoptera: apidae), wild social and solitary bees (hymenoptera: apoidea), and flower-visiting flies (diptera). our objectives were to describe the pollinator community in soybean fields, determine which sampling method is most appropriate for characterizing their abundance and diversity, and gain insight into which pollinator taxa may contact soybean pollen. we compared modified p ... | 2015 | 26313954 |