Olfactory response of megachilid bees, Osmia lignaria, Megachile rotundata, and M. pugnata, to individual cues from old nest cavities

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 402-408

  Pitts Singer, Theresa L ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Olfactory cues; Solitary bees; Y tube bioassay

Indexed keywords

BEE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOASSAY; DISPERSAL; NESTING; OLFACTORY CUE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; BIOASSAY; FEMALE; MALE; NESTING; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BEES; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; FEMALE; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; SMELL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

APOIDEA; MEGACHILE ROTUNDATA; MEGACHILIDAE; OSMIA LIGNARIA;

EID: 34249106377     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X(2007)36[402:OROMBO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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