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Creator:: Steinhauer, Allen Laurence
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
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Creator:: Osgood, Charles Edgar
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: rendered during the course of this study: To my major professor, Dr. W. P. Stephen, Associate Profes

Creator:: Eppley, Richard Keith
Abstract:: Heterostylum robustum (Osten Sacken) is the principal parasite of the alkali bee, Nomia melanderi Ckll., one of the most efficient pollinators of alfalfa in the western United States. The purpose of the study was to determine the incidence of parasitism and to investigate the biology of H. robustum. The fly...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: preparation of this thesis: To my major professor, Dr. W. P. Stephen, for guidance, ad- vice, and

Creator:: Beckendorf, Gerald Walter
Abstract:: An attempt was made to demonstrate isozymic forms of esterase, MDH, LDH and GPDH and the variation in enzyme pattern with increasing age in the thoracic muscle, appendage muscle and hemolymph of the American cockroach, Periplaneta americana. Sampled specimens of both sexes were aged one through seven days, two weeks...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: indebted to Dr. W. P. Stephen, Professor of Entomology, for his patience and guidance throughout the

Creator:: Tweedy, David Graham
Abstract:: The purpose of the study was to determine an emergence rhythm, its period, and the developmental stages susceptible to emergence synchronization in the leafcutter bee Megachile rotundata (Fabricius). An attempt was made to determine if an oxygen consumption rhythm was present in the pupal and adult stages of the alkali...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: professor, Dr. W. P. Stephen, Professor of Entomology, Oregon State University, for guidance, advice, and

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