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Seasonal change in flowers around commercial bee shelters - Fig. 1.

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The number of racemes that had one or more open, untripped flowers in bloom is plotted over time since the bees were released in 7 commercial seed fields in 1995 (Strickler and Freitas, 1999). Results demonstrate an initial burst of bloom, followed by an exponential decline in number of open flowers available for foraging bees.

Strickler, K. and S. Freitas. 1999. Interactions between floral resources and bees in commercial alfalfa seed fields. Environ. Entomol. 28(2): 178-187.  Fig. 1A