CITATION — REFERENCE ENTRY
Alkali bee: bomber fly — Pacific Northwest Insect Management Handbook
- Key
- pnw-handbook-bomber-fly
- Type
- webpage
- Container
- Pacific Northwest Insect Management Handbook
- Publisher
- Oregon State University, Washington State University, and University of Idaho
Raw CSL JSON
{
"URL": "https://pnwhandbooks.org/insect/bee-protection/alkali-bee/alkali-bee-bomber-fly",
"type": "webpage",
"title": "Alkali bee: bomber fly",
"publisher": "Oregon State University, Washington State University, and University of Idaho",
"container-title": "Pacific Northwest Insect Management Handbook"
}
Claims
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Bomber fly (Heterostylum robustum) parasites typically destroy 20–40% of alkali bee larvae before overwintering; the handbook's most effective control is walking the beds between 9 am and noon for two to three weeks starting before bee emergence, to kill newly hatched flies that cannot yet fly.
"20-40% of alkali bee larvae"
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