UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA

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AGROECOSYSTEMS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE, MISSISSIPPI DELTA, AND MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST CONSIST OF MASS FLOWERING POLLINATOR-INDEPENDENT CROPS SUCH AS COTTON, PEANUT, AND SOYBEAN. THESE MASS-FLOWERING CROPS PRODUCE A TREMENDOUS NUMBER OF FLORAL RESOURCES, POTENTIALLY MAKING THEM INCREDIBLE BEE RESOURCES. HOWEVER, IT IS UNCLEAR IF THESE CROPS ARE USED FOR POLLEN AND NECTAR RESOURCES BY BEES AND IF THE POLLEN AND NECTAR OF MODERN ROW CROPS CAN PROVIDE NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS TO SUSTA

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