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ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY
卷 29, 期 1, 页码 8-13出版社
ENTOMOL SOC AMER
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-29.1.8
关键词
blue orchard bee; development; wintering; emergence; mortality; orchard pollination
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The solitary Lee Osmin lignaria Say has been developed as an orchard pollinator in the western United States. Immatures develop through die spring and summer. By late summer, bees become adults and remain in this stage inside their cocoons throughout the winter. In this study, we reared O. lignaria at various temperature regimes in the laboratory and outdoors. Developmental rates increased with temperature: Lees reared at 18 degrees C took >120 d to complete development, whereas bees reared at 29 degrees C took half that long. Bees reared outdoors under fluctuating ambient conditions took approximate to 95 d. At 18 degrees C, some bees were unable to complete prepupal dormancy. Different developmental stages responded differently to the various temperature regimes. Fluctuating temperatures averaging 22 degrees C significantly shortened the dormant prepupal stage, and, as a result, bees developed faster than at the equivalent constant temperatures. Bees that developed faster (29 degrees C and fluctuating temperatures) could be wintered as early as August and incubated for emergence in March, 1 mo ahead of bees exposed to natural conditions. These results can be applied to field populations for pollination of early-blooming crops such as almonds, Prunus amygdalus Batsch.
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