Beekeeping: Watermelon Pollination

Malcolm T. Sanford and Jamie Ellis

Release Date: 6/19/2022

Reviewed At: 2/6/2025

DOI: 10.32473/edis-aa091-1992

Agriculture

Abstract

In an effort to more widely disseminate information on optimizing watermelon pollination, this paper presents an overview of the introductory material on honey bee management and the section on pollination agreements and services in the Agriculture Handbook Num. 496, "Insect Pollination of Cultivated Crop Plants," authored by S.E. McGregor and published by the Agriculture Research Service, USDA, in 1976, which is no longer available.

About this Publication

This document is ENY-154, one of a series of the Department of Entomology and Nematology, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date December 1992. Revised November 2009, April 2010, April 2016, and June 2022. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

About the Authors

Malcolm T. Sanford, professor emeritus; and Jamie D. Ellis, assistant professor; Department of Entomology and Nematology; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.

How to Cite

Sanford, M. T., & Ellis, J. (2009). Beekeeping: Watermelon Pollination. EDIS, 2009(9). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-aa091-1992

Authors

Malcolm Sanford

professor and Extension entomologist emeritus, UF/IFAS Entomology and Nematology Department, Gainesville, FL

Jamie Ellis

former Gahan endowed professor, apiculture, Honey Bee Research and Extension Laboratory, UF/IFAS Department of Entomology and Nematology

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University of Florida

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