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

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 361-367

  Cane, James H ^a   Schiffhauer, Daniel ^a,b   Kervin, Linda J ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ocean Spray Cranberries   (United States)

Author keywords

Cranberry; Foraging; Megachile; Nesting biology; Pollination

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002231247     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aesa/89.3.361     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Birrenkott, B. A., and E. J. Stang. 1989. Pollination and pollen tube growth in relation to cranberry fruit development. J. Am. Hortic Sci. 114: 733-737.
2. Bohart, G. E., and N. N. Youssef. 1972. Notes on the bilogy of megachile (Megachiloides) umatillensis Mitchell (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) and its parasites. Trans. R. Entomol. Soc. Lond. 124: 1-19.
3. Cane, J. 1983. Olfactory evaluation of Andrena host nest suitability by kleptoparasitic Nomada bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Anim. Behav. 31: 138-144.
4. Cane, J. H. 1991. Soils of ground-nesting bees (Hym enoptera: Apoidea). texture, moisture, cell depth a nd climate. J. Kans. Entomol. Soc. 64: 406-413
5. Cane, J. H., and R. Carlson. 1984. Dufour's gland glycerides from Anthoiphora, Emphoropsis (Anthophoridae) and Megachile (Megachilidae) bees (Hymemoptera: Apoidea). Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 78B: 769-772.
6. Eck, P. 1990. The American cranberry. Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, NJ.
7. Eckwort, G. C., R. W. Matthews, and J. Carpenter. 1981. Observations on the nesting behavior of Megachile rubi and M. texana with a discussion of magachilid nificance of soil nesting in the evolution of megachilid bees (Hymneoptera: Megachilidae). J. Kans. Entomol. Soc. 54: 557-570.
8. Farrar, C. L., and H. F. Bain. 1946. Honeybees as pollinators of the cranberry. Am. Bee J. 86: 503-504.
9. Filuer, R. S., and C. A. Doechlert. 1959. Use of honey bees in cranberry bogs. N.J. Agric. Exp. Stn. Circ. 588.
10. Fiseher, R. L., 1951. Observations on the nesting habits of megachilid bees. J. Kans. Entomol. Soc. 24: 46-55.
11. Cramieher, S. 1905. Some observations of the life history and habits fo parasitic bees. Bull. Wisc. Nat. Hist. Soc. 3: 153-167.
12. Hasenkamp, K.-R. 1974. Ökophysiologische und Ökethologishce Untersuchungen an Blattschneiderbienen. Forma Functio 7: 139-178.
13. Hobbs, G. A. 1956. Ecology of the leaf-cutter bee Megachile perihirta Ckll. (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) in relation to production of alfalfa seed. Can. Entomol. 87: 625-631.
14. Hard, P. D., Jr. 1979. Superfamily Apoidea, pp. 1741-2209. In K. V. Krombein, P. D. Hurd, Jr., D. R. Smith, and B. D. Burks [eds.]. Catalog of Hymenoptera in North America north of Mexico, vol. 2. Smithsonian Insitute Press, Washington, DC.
15. Huston, R. 1925. The honeybee as an agent in the pollination of pears, apples, and cranberries. J. Econ. Entomol. 18: 387-391.
16. Kevan, P. G., R. M. Gadawski, S. D. Kevan, and S. E. Gadawski. 1983. Pollination of cranberries, Vaccinium macrocarpon, on cultivated marshes in Ontario. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Ont. 114: 45-53.
17. MacKenzie, K. E. 1994. Pollination requirements of the American cranberry. J. Small Fruit Viticult. 2: 33-44.
18. MacKenzie, K. E., and A. L. Averill. 1995. Bee (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) diversity and abundance on cranberry, in southeastern Masachusetts. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am, 88: 334-341.
19. MacKenzie, K. E., and M. L. Winston. 1984. Diversity and abundance of native bee pollinators on berry crops and natural vegetation in the lower Fraser Valley, British Columbia. Can. Eotomol. 116: 965-974.
20. Maeta, Y. 1979. Studies on the biology of Megachile japonica Alfken I. Nesting habit and nest structure. Bull. Tohoku Natl. Agric. Exp. Stn. (Marioka) 61: 68.
21. Marikovskaya, T. P. 1986. New data on the biology of some species of social bees (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae) from southeast Kazakhstan. Entomol. Rev. 47: 487-491.
22. Marucci, P. E. 1967. Cranberry pollination. Am. Bee J. 107: 212-213.
23. McGregor, S. E. 1976. Agricultural handbook, 496: insect pollination of cultivated crop plants. U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC.
24. Neff, J. L., and B. B. Simpson. 1991. Nest biology and mating behavior of Megachile fortis in central Texas (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). J. Kans. Entomol. Soc. 64: 324-336.
25. Rigby, B., and M. N. Dana. 1972. Flower opening, pollen shedding, stigma receptivity and pollen tube growth in the cranberry. HortScience 7: 84-85.
26. Roberts, R. H., and B. E. Struckmeyer. 1942. Growth and fruiting of the cranberry. Proc. Am. Soc. Hortic. Sci. 40: 373-379.
27. Sarracino, J. M., and N. Vorsa. 1991. Self and cross fertility in cranberry. Euphytica 58: 129-136.
28. Smith, J. B. [ed.]. 1890. Catalogue of insects found in New Jersey. John L. Murphy. Trenton, NJ.
29. Stephen, W. P. 1956. Notes on the biologies of Megachile frigida Smith and M. inernis Proancher. PanPac. Entomol. 32: 95-101.
30. Williams, H. J., M. R. Strand, G. W.Elzen, S. B. Vinson, and S. J. Merritt, 1986. Nesting behavior, nest architecture, and use of Dufour's glans lipids in nest provisioning by Megachile integra and M. mendica mendica (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). J. Kans. Entomol. Soc 59: 588-597.