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

I then prepared to observe the hives every moment that the fineness of the weather would invite both males and females to go abroad, for the purpose of   fecundation.

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

Larkspurs, insect agency necessary for the full fecundation of, ii.

From The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2) by Darwin, Charles

I chose this opportunity for supplying them with a queen, whose fecundation had been retarded to the twenty-eighth day, and which laid none but the eggs of males.

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

Artificial spawning, fecundation, and hatching, are far more productive.

From Soil Culture by Walden, J. H.