Nesting Activity and Behavior of Osmia cornifrons (Hymenoptera : Megachilidae) Elucidated Using Videography
Joint Authors
McKinney, Matthew I.
Park, Yong-Lak
Source
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-05-17
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
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.
American Psychological Association (APA)
McKinney, Matthew I.& Park, Yong-Lak. 2012. Nesting Activity and Behavior of Osmia cornifrons (Hymenoptera : Megachilidae) Elucidated Using Videography. Psyche،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-500173
Modern Language Association (MLA)
McKinney, Matthew I.& Park, Yong-Lak. Nesting Activity and Behavior of Osmia cornifrons (Hymenoptera : Megachilidae) Elucidated Using Videography. Psyche No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-500173
American Medical Association (AMA)
McKinney, Matthew I.& Park, Yong-Lak. Nesting Activity and Behavior of Osmia cornifrons (Hymenoptera : Megachilidae) Elucidated Using Videography. Psyche. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-500173
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-500173