100 individuals were placed in four of the cages, and mating colonies containing 300 honey bee individuals were placed in the other four cages. The remaining four cages contained only the red mason bee individuals and no honey bees.

In each cage, 500 mL of sand was placed as nest building material for red mason bees and a bowl of water for nest or colony building for the two species. The experiment continued until 17 July 2013, when the cages were removed.

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The latest six-month campaign will target illegally copied or phony goods as varied as software, Internet materials, medicines and corn that is falsely labeled as organic, a deputy commerce minister, Jiang Zengwei, said at a news conference. He promised closer cooperation with the United States,