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Effect On Bees Of Insecticides Used On Rape, A C. Kessell
Effect On Bees Of Insecticides Used On Rape, A C. Kessell
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
Rapeseed could provide beekeepers in Western Australia with a valuable new honey crop—hut insecticidal spraying of rape at flowering time is a potentially serious threat to most commercial beekeepers.
There are indications that insect pollination may improve rapeseed yields, so both growers and beekeepers could gain from a co-operative approach to the problem. Spraying after sundown and preventing spray drift to nearby apiaries should avoid most losses.
Annual Pasture And Weed Plant Ecology, B J. Quinlivan
Annual Pasture And Weed Plant Ecology, B J. Quinlivan
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
The purpose of this article is to outline a few basic principles of pasture and weed ecology with particular reference to seed dormancy mechanisms.
These principles apply to many pasture plants and weeds, although their relative importance varies with the particular plants under study.