The leaf- cutter bee Megachile rotundata (Fabricius) is an important
alfalfa pollinator in western North America.
This study was designed to provide information on methods of
orientation used by M. rotundata in order to make recommendations
regarding the parameters within which adult nesting populations may
be relocated.
Preliminary studies suggest...
The study provides the details of the ethology of Megachile rotundata
(Fabricius), and presents preliminary observations on its
foraging and nesting behavior. Development from prepupae to adults
proceeds most rapidly at 32 degrees C., and is retarded when held
at lower and higher temperatures.
Male behavior is distinct from that...
The purpose of this investigation was to modify the procedure
of Bills, Khatri and Day for use in the development of a suitable
method for determining the quantitative distribution of the free fatty
acids (FFA) in normal, heated, and rancid milk and milk fractions
The method consists of extracting the...
The free fatty acids of milk fat are believed to be involved in
imparting flavor properties to milk and other dairy products. In the
past the free fatty acids have largely been related to quality deterioration
and hence the methods for measurement have been devised to
determine the changes in...
Numerous investigations have been made on the contribution of
butter cultures to the flavor of cultured cream butter, but production
of uniform cultured cream butter has not been possible in industry.
Therefore, it was desirable to investigate in detail the qualitative
and quantitative chemistry of the flavor of high quality...
The use of the exponential-transfer-characteristics of a transistor
junction as a means of giving a logarithmic sweep calibration to a
sampling oscilloscope is presented. The prior work in logarithmic
converters leading up to the use of the transistor's transfer properties
is explored. A circuit adapting a sampling oscilloscope to a...
With a growing emphasis on details of behavior comes an increasing
need for knowledge of natural behavior patterns. Studies
on the life history of Peromyscus maniculatus have long been available
in the literature. More recently, investigators have turned to
analyzing the behavior of some of the subspecies of P.m. in...
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The present study is an attempt to investigate some of the relationships
between certain personality characteristics and expressed
preferences for various communication structures; it is also an
examination of the relative efficiency of the networks used.
Subjects drawn from the university population participated in
experimentally formed five-person groups. These groups...