Bumblebee sonicating cranberry flower for pollen
Bumblebee sonicating cranberry flower for pollen
Larger fruits result from more pollen (16, 8, 4 pollen tetrads [left to right])
Publications
Cane JH. 2009. Pollen viability and pollen tube attrition in cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon). Acta Horticulturae 810: 563–567.
Cane JH. 2018. Cranberries and lingonberries. In: The pollination of cultivated plants: a compendium for practitioners. Rome: UN FAO, 139–141.
Cane JH, MacKenzie K & Schiffhauer D. 1993. Honey bees harvest pollen from the porose anthers of cranberries (Vaccinium macrocarpon)(Ericaceae). American Bee Journal 133: 293–295.
Cane JH & Schiffhauer D. 1997. Nectar production of cranberries: genotypic differences and insensitivity to soil fertility. Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science 122: 665–667.
Cane JH & Schiffhauer D. 2001. Pollinator genetics and pollination: do honey bee colonies selected for pollen-hoarding field better pollinators of cranberry Vaccinium macrocarpon? Ecological Entomology 26: 117–123.
Cane JH & Schiffhauer D. 2003. Dose-response relationships between pollination and fruiting refine pollinator comparisons for cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon [Ericaceae]). American Journal of Botany 90: 1425–1432.
Cane JH, Schiffhauer D & Kervin LJ. 1996. Pollination, foraging, and nesting ecology of the leaf-cutting bee Megachile (Delomegachile) addenda (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) on cranberry beds. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 89: 361–367.
MacKenzie K, Cane JH & Schiffhauer D. 1993. Foraging by bee pollinators of cranberry. Cranberries 57: 10,21-10,22.