Field use of an incubation box for improved emergence timing of Osmia lignaria populations used for orchard pollination

Apidologie

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 235-246

  Pitts Singer, Theresa L ^a   Bosch, Jordi ^b   Kemp, William P ^c   Trostle, Glen E ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue orchard bee; Incubation; Megachilidae; Osmia lignaria; Pollination

Indexed keywords

BEE; COCOON; DAY LENGTH; EMERGENCE; FIELD METHOD; INCUBATION; ORCHARD; POLLINATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

APOIDEA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; MEGACHILIDAE; OSMIA LIGNARIA; PRUNUS DULCIS;

EID: 42149119543     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2007061     Document Type: Article

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