Search Constraints

Start Over
Filtering by: Creator Lindauer, Bergen Remove constraint Creator: Lindauer, Bergen Degree Field Entomology Remove constraint Degree Field: Entomology Degree Level Doctoral Remove constraint Degree Level: Doctoral

Search Results

  • Mechanisms of orientation in the leaf-cutter bee Megachile rotundata (Fabricius)

    Creator:
    Osgood, Charles Edgar
    Abstract:
    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...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
    Full Text:
    heavily on their sun compass for orientation, von Frisch and Lindauer (1954) demon- strated that