Study

Storage and incubation in the management of the alfalfa-pollinating bee Megachile flavipes Spinola

  • Published source details Kapil R.P. & Sihag R.C. (1985) Storage and incubation in the management of the alfalfa-pollinating bee Megachile flavipes Spinola. Journal of Apicultural Research, 24, 199-202.

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This study is summarised as evidence for the following.

Action Category

Rear and manage populations of solitary bees

Action Link
Bee Conservation
  1. Rear and manage populations of solitary bees

    One replicated trial in India examined methods of artificially rearing the subtropical leafcutter species Megachile flavipes, a species not commercially managed for pollination (Kapil & Sihag 1985). This species can be stored at the pre-pupal stage for 270 days. It showed least mortality (5-7%) under this treatment if stored at 12°C. Stored at 4°C, the lowest temperature in the study, mortality was 16-20%. The optimum incubation temperature following lower temperature storage was 28.5°C. The bees emerged over a shorter time period if stored at 8°C and incubated at 28.5°C.

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