Use of
Osmia lignaria propinqua
(Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) as a Mobile Pollinator of Orchard Crops

Torchio, Phillip F.

doi:10.1093/ee/20.2.590

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“…Other studies have reported both Brassicaceae and Taraxacum sp. (Asteraceae) pollens in the nests of O. lignaria when these resources dominated the floral community (Torchio 1976(Torchio , 1985.…”

Section: Pollen Use In Natural Populationsmentioning

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Use of novel pollen species by specialist and generalist solitary bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)

Williams

2003

Oecologia

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If trade-offs between flexibility to use a range of host species and efficiency on a limited set underlie the evolution of diet breadth, one resulting prediction is that specialists ought to be more restricted than generalists in their ability to use novel resource species. I used foraging tests and feeding trials to compare the ability of a generalist and a specialist solitary mason bee species to collect and develop on two pollen species that are not normally used in natural populations (novel pollens). Osmia lignaria (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) is a generalist pollen feeder; O. californica, is more specialized. Adults of the specialist were more limited in use of novel hosts, but only in some contexts. Both bee species refused to collect one novel pollen. The specialist accepted a second novel pollen only when it was presented along with its normal pollen, whereas the generalist collected novel pollen whether presented alone or with normal pollen. Surprisingly, larvae of the specialist were more flexible than were generalists. The specialist grew well on mixtures of normal and novel pollen species, in some cases better than on its normal host alone. Larvae of the generalist grew more poorly on all diets containing novel pollens than on their normal host. Data on these two species of bees suggest that specialization by itself need not reduce flexibility on novel hosts. The findings also provide information about mechanisms of specialization in bees. Similar to some folivores, specific cues of the pollen host and the bee's interpretation of these contribute, along with foraging economics, to pollen choice by adults. The ability of the larvae to cope with specific components of one pollen species need not interfere with its ability to use others.

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Section: Pollen Use In Natural Populationsmentioning

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Use of novel pollen species by specialist and generalist solitary bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)

Williams

2003

Oecologia

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“…Although polylectic honey bees are used in orchards, they obtain little nectar, and, having a long flight range, they tend to stray, to forage elsewhere (Voorhies et al, 1933;Cheung, 1973). Growers thus pay for hive rentals that may benefit their neighbors or even undesirable weeds (Voorhies et al, 1933;Loring, 1981;Goltz, 1987;MacFawn, 1993 (Parker et al, 1987;Torchio, 1990Torchio, , 1991Bosch, 1994;Bosch and Bias, 1994;Marquez et al, 1994).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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“…The management of several new pollinators is recently developing (Parker et al, 1987;Batra, 1994;Stubbs et al, 1994). New techniques for mass rearing bumble bees (Ptacek, 1985;Röseler, 1985;van (Allard, 1911;Green, 1955;Fronk and Slater, 1956;Medler, 1956; ), but as knowledge of ecosystem dynamics and change increased, more attention was paid to this subject, especially the relationships between native bees, honey bees and plants (Primack and Silander Jr, 1975;Schemske and Horvitz, 1984;Herrera, 1987Herrera, , 1989Harder and Thomson, 1989; Thomson, 1989, 1992;Young and Stanton, 1990;Westerkamp, 1991a,b;Willmer, 1991;Wilson and Thomson, 1991;Chagnon et al, 1993;Kunin, 1993;Cresswell, 1994;Marquez et al, 1994a,b Parker et al, 1987;Torchio, 1991), general awareness of the diversity of bee species and public knowledge of their value to ecosystems is increasing (Morse, 1960;Malyshev, 1963;Michener, 1979;Schreck and Schedl, 1979;Westrich, 1983bWestrich, , 1990MacKenzie and Winston, 1984;Scott-Dupree and Winston, 1987;Zöckler, 1988;Banaszak, 1989a;O'Toole, 1993;Adams and Senft, 1994 (Emeis, 1...…”

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Bees and pollination in our changing environment

Batra¹

1995

Apidologie

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“…This means that it takes an average of 297 trips for O. cornifrons to complete a nest, though this could vary as the nesting season progresses. Comparatively, O. lignaria was found to require an average of 32.4 trips to provision a cell and 6.9 trips to construct a mud wall [17] and was found to construct 3.64 cells per nest on average [19].…”

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Nesting Activity and Behavior ofOsmia cornifrons(Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) Elucidated Using Videography

McKinney¹,

Park

2012

Psyche: A Journal of Entomology

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Osmia cornifrons Radoszkowski (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) is utilized as an alternate pollinator to Apis mellifera L. (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in early-season fruit crops. This study was conducted to investigate nesting activities and associated behaviors of O. cornifrons. Osmia cornifrons nesting activity was recorded by using a digital video recorder with infrared cameras. Nesting behavior of ten female O. cornifrons was observed, and the number of nesting trips per hour was recorded. Trends in daily activity were determined with regression analysis, and chi square analysis was used to determine if O. cornifrons spent a greater amount of time performing certain activities. The percentage of time required to gather nesting resources and complete nest construction activities was recorded from the video footage. Results of this study showed that pollen gathering was the most time-consuming gathering activity, requiring 221.6 ± 28.69 min per cell and cell provisioning was the most time-consuming intranest activity, requiring 28.9 min ± 3.97 min. We also found that O. cornifrons activity was correlated with time of day, temperature, and precipitation. Various nesting behaviors, including cell provisioning and partitioning, oviposition, grooming, resting and sleeping, nest-searching, and repairing behaviors, are described in this paper.

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Use of Osmia lignaria propinqua (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) as a Mobile Pollinator of Orchard Crops

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Use of novel pollen species by specialist and generalist solitary bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)

Use of novel pollen species by specialist and generalist solitary bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)

Bees and pollination in our changing environment

Nesting Activity and Behavior ofOsmia cornifrons(Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) Elucidated Using Videography

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