Osmia aglaia, an effective raspberry pollinator
Osmia aglaia, an effective raspberry pollinator
fully formed raspberry, many drupelets with withered pistils
Publications
Andrikopoulos CJ & Cane JH. 2018a. Comparative pollination efficacies of five bee species on raspberry. Journal of Economic Entomology 111: 2513–2519.
Andrikopoulos CJ & Cane JH. 2018b. Two prolonged bee visits suffice to maximize drupelet set for red raspberry. HortScience 53: 1404–1406.
Cane JH. 2005. Pollination potential of the bee Osmia aglaia for cultivated red raspberries and blackberries (Rubus: Rosaceae). HortScience : a publication of the American Society for Horticultural Science 40: 1705–1708.
Cane JH. 2019. Scientific note: cavity-nesting Osmia bruneri bees (Megachilidae) can use fruit pulp for nest construction. Apidologie 50: 100–103.