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
However, her organization having already suffered from retarded fecundation, and as I had observed her instinct in some degree impaired, both causes might possibly concur in producing the same effect.
From New observations on the natural history of bees by Huber, François
It remained to discover which were the female organs which underwent fecundation from the spermatia.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)
On the one hand, this queen had suffered long confinement; on the other, her fecundation had been extremely retarded.
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
