Interrupted incubation and short-term storage of the alfalfa pollinator Megachile rotundata (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae): A potential tool for synchronizing bees with bloom

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 234-241

  Yocum, George D ^a   Rinehart, Joseph P ^a   West, Mark ^b   Kemp, William P ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergence; Low temperature tolerance; Postemergence longevity; Stress

Indexed keywords

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

ALFALFA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COLD; FLOWER; HYMENOPTERA; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION; SEASON; TIME;

ANIMALS; COLD TEMPERATURE; FLOWERS; HYMENOPTERA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; POLLINATION; PUPA; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77952296045     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EC09351     Document Type: Article

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