A fluctuating thermal regime improves long-term survival of quiescent prepupal Megachile rotundata (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1081-1088

  Rinehart, Joseph P ^a   Yocum, George D ^a   Kemp, William P ^a   Greenlee, Kendra J ^b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alfalfa leafcutting bee; Fluctuating thermal regime; Insect cold storage; Megachile rotundata

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; APICULTURE; ARTICLE; BEE; CANADA; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; LONGEVITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ANIMALS; BEEKEEPING; BEES; CANADA; ESTIVATION; FEMALE; LONGEVITY; MALE; PUPA; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

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

EID: 84878876042     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EC12486     Document Type: Article

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