Time used by Megachile Latr. and Osmia Panz. females (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae) to build and furnish a nest
1999
Gosek, J. (Instytut Sadownictwa i Kwiaciarstwa, Pulawy (Poland). Oddzial Pszczelnictwa)
The time to cut a leaf peace by different Megachile species amounted (on an average) 2.6-5.6 minutes, and to cut a Osmia coerulescens - 3.9 minutes. The time to collect and to place a pollen load into a cell amounted (on an average) 13-36 minutes (by O. coerulescens 14.6 minutes). The time to build and to furnish a cell by Megachile amounted 5-9 hours, and a time to build a whole nest 5-17 days (by O.coreulescens on an average 6.7 days). Similar extensive investigations of this matter have not been performed anywhere. They may be helpful for perfection to rear Megachile and Osmia, which are valuable pollinators of many cultivated plants
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