POLLINATION AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF ALTERNATIVE CROP POLLINATORS
Location: Pollinating Insects-- Biology, Management and
Systematics Research Title: BEE POPULATION RETURNS AND CHERRY
YIELDS IN AN ORCHARD POLLINATED WITH OSMIA LIGNARIA
(HYMENOPTERA: MEGACHILIDAE) Submitted to: Journal of Economic
Entomology Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal Publication
Acceptance Date: June 28, 2005 Publication Date: April 1, 2006
Citation: Bosch, J., Kemp, W.P., Trostle, G.E. 2006. Bee
population returns and cherry yields in an orchard pollinated
with Osmia lignaria (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Journal of
Economic Entomology. 99(2):408-413. Interpretive Summary: The
American Beekeeping Federation estimated that during 2005 about
50 percent of the honey bee colonies used for pollination in
California almonds were either killed or severely weakened from
varroa mite infestations. Press reports suggest that the
chemical treatments that beekeepers rely on to combat varroa
mites are being rendered ineffective due to the contin