Do weather conditions correlate with findings in failed, provision-filled nest cells of Megachile rotundata (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) in Western North America?

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 674-685

  Pitts Singer, Theresa L ^a   James, Rosalind R ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alfalfa leafcutting bee; Apoidea; Medicago; Megachilidae; Pollen ball

Indexed keywords

ALFALFA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; CANADA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMIDITY; HYMENOPTERA; NESTING; NORTH AMERICA; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; POLLINATION; SEASON; STANDARD; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER; X RAY;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HUMIDITY; HYMENOPTERA; MANITOBA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; NESTING BEHAVIOR; NORTH AMERICA; POLLEN; POLLINATION; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER; X-RAYS;

APOIDEA; FUNGI; HYMENOPTERA; MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MEGACHILE ROTUNDATA; MEGACHILIDAE;

EID: 46849110577     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493(2008)101[674:DWCCWF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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