Effect of an Experimental Field Application of DDT Dust on Nomia melanderi1
- 1 June 1949
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Economic Entomology
- Vol. 42 (3) , 519-522
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/42.3.519
Abstract
3% DDT dust 20 lbs. per acre was applied in the early morning to 16 acres of alfalfa in bloom near Delta, Utah, to test the effect of the insecticide on a population of Nomia bees. More than 50% of the female bees in the nesting site studied visited the alfalfa on the day it was dusted. The application was moderately repellent to the bees for a few hrs. More than 2% of the females nesting in sample areas were found dead at their nest entrances after the dusting, and about 15% of the nests in the same areas became inactive, apparently as a result of the treatment.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- The Effects of D.D.T. and of Benzene Hexachloride on BeesAnnals of Applied Biology, 1948
- The Efftects of DDT and Certain Other Insecticides on Alfalfa PollinatorsJournal of Economic Entomology, 1947