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Research Project: POLLINATING ALMONDS USING BLUE ORCHARD BEES

Location: Pollinating Insects-- Biology, Management and Systematics Research

Project Number: 5428-21000-013-07
Project Type: Nonfunded Cooperative Agreement

Start Date: Nov 30, 2006
End Date: Nov 30, 2009

Objective:
Establish a suitable stocking density of blue orchard bees to optimize nut production and bee production in commercial almonds in California.

Approach:
Nesting blue orchard bees will be established in replicated field cages in an almond orchard, to compare with honey bees foraging freely at neighboring trees outside each cage. Measures to be compared will include bee densities, bloom production, nut production and reproductive success of the blue orchard bees.

   

 
Project Team
Cane, James
 
Project Annual Reports
  FY 2007
 
Related National Programs
  Crop Production (305)
 
 
Last Modified: 11/08/2008
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