Development and emergence of the orchard pollinator Osmia lignaria (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 8-13

  Bosch, J ^a   Kemp, W P ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue orchard bee; Development; Emergence; Mortality; Orchard pollination; Wintering

Indexed keywords

BEE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EMERGENCE; POLLINATOR; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

HYMENOPTERA; MEGACHILIDAE;

EID: 0033890209     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-29.1.8     Document Type: Article

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