The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service, in collaboration with the Ecological Forestry Applications Research Centre in Spain and North Dakota State University, recently conducted a comparison of the physiological and molecular processes involved in the summer and winter dormancy of Osmia lignaria, also known as blue orchard bee or orchard mason bee.
Bee plays role in almond industry
Osmia ribifloris is one of several relatives of the blue orchard bee.
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