CITATION — REFERENCE ENTRY
The alkali bee — Managing Alternative Pollinators: A Handbook for Beekeepers, Growers, and Conservationists
- Key
- mader-2010-alkali-bee
- Authors
- Mader, Eric; Spivak, Marla; Evans, Elaine
- Issued
- 2010
- Type
- chapter
- Container
- Managing Alternative Pollinators: A Handbook for Beekeepers, Growers, and Conservationists
- Publisher
- SARE Outreach
Raw CSL JSON
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2010
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Artificial nesting beds need silty loam with no more than seven percent clay, soil moisture held between 8 and 35 percent, standpipe irrigation, and surface salt applied at about 1 pound per square foot; nests lie in the upper roughly 8 inches (20 centimeters) of soil.
"no more than seven percent clay"
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Alkali bees have one generation per year; eggs hatch within three days, larvae stay dormant for up to ten months, typically through winter, and females are active for about a month; the bee is about 7/16 inch (11 millimeters) long, dark with iridescent bands, and females visit about 12 alfalfa flowers a minute.
"7/16 inch (11 millimeters) in length"
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