fecundation

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Lack of sunshine prevented proper fecundation, resulting in a crop that is little more than half the size of 1977's.

From Time Magazine Archive

During a month that her imprisonment continued, she did not lay a single egg; therefore, these momentary junctions do not accomplish fecundation.

From New observations on the natural history of bees by Huber, François

However, forty-six hours elapse after fecundation before they begin to lay.

From New observations on the natural history of bees by Huber, François

After fecundation the ovum is pushed on into the uterus in from five to seven days, where it fastens to the wall and develops.

From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin

At length, having gone to seek the males, she returned with all the external signs of fecundation, and was henceforth received with every mark of respect; she laid her first eggs forty-six hours after fecundation.

From New observations on the natural history of bees by Huber, François