Flower Production and Honey Bee Density Effects on Meadowfoam See Yield

Meadowfoam (Limnanthes alba Hartw. ex Benth. subsp. alba cv. Mermaid) is protandrous and entomophilous. Flower number and phenology, stigma receptivity, and timely honey bee pollination are highly weather dependent and were hypothesized to cause seed yield variation. The objective of this field experiment was to use a synchrony index, which is an estimated of flower receptivity and pollination timing synchrony, to relate variation in seed yield to number of open flowers and foraging honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) density (.)