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Do Viruses From Managed Honey Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Endanger Wild Bees in Native Prairies?

open access: yesEnvironmental Entomology, 2021
Populations of wild and managed pollinators are declining in North America, and causes include increases in disease pressure and decreases in flowering resources. Tallgrass prairies can provide floral resources for managed honey bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae,
Zoe A Pritchard   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

Identification and abiotic stress response of a glutamine synthetase gene (AccGS) from the Asiatic honeybee, Apis cerana cerana (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Entomology, 2014
Glutamine synthetase (GS) is an essential detoxification enzyme that plays an important role in stress responses; however, little information regarding the function of this enzyme in hymenopteran insects is available.
Xiuling WANG   +4 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Evidence of forage distance limitations for small bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Entomology, 2015
The distribution of ground-nesting bees was investigated using transects of water traps in a mosaic of nesting and forage habitats at Shotover Hill in Oxfordshire, UK. The site includes a large area of ground-nesting bee activity and is adjoined on three
Ivan R. WRIGHT   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Longevity of starved bumblebee queens (Hymenoptera: Apidae) is shorter at high than low temperatures

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Entomology, 2014
Northern bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) with annual lifecycles depend both on energy stores remaining in their fat body after diapause and a few spring flowering plants.
Jouni Sorvari
exaly   +3 more sources

Pollen types collected by Tetragonisca angustula (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in dry vegetation in Northeastern Brazil

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Entomology, 2014
Knowing the floral origin of the pollen collected by native bees in Neotropical ecosystems enables us to understand the dynamics of the interdependent relationships between the insects and the native flora.
Jaílson Santos De Novais   +1 more
exaly   +3 more sources

The significance of Apis cerana cerana (Hymenoptera: Apidae) gnawing off the old brood cells

open access: yesApidologie, 2023
Apis cerana cerana has the biological characteristic of gnawing off the old brood cells which reared multiple generations of workers. This study investigated the internal structure of newly built, old, and semi-rebuilt brood cells and their effects on ...
Qingxin Meng   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Stingless bee classification and biology (Hymenoptera, Apidae): a review, with an updated key to genera and subgenera

open access: yesZooKeys, 2023
Abstract Stingless bees (Meliponini) are a ubiquitous and diverse element of the pantropical melittofauna, and have significant cultural and economic importance.
M. Engel   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Overview of Stingless Bees in Brazil (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini)

open access: yesEntomoBrasilis, 2023
Species richness of stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) was organized and updated from previously published data. From this research, we found 28 genera with 259 valid species and 62 undescribed species, in addition, brief comments on the ...
D. S. Nogueira
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini): a review of the current threats to their survival

open access: yesApidologie, 2022
Pollination by insects is an essential service for the conservation of plant biodiversity, since it increases the rate of fertilization of flowers and therefore increases the quality and quantity of seeds and fruits.
E. Toledo-Hernández   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

New locality records and additional information on the Bombus (Hymenoptera: Apidae) fauna of Turkey

open access: yesБіологічні студії, 2021
Background. The article presents the results of the research on bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus) housed in the Lodos Entomological Museum (Ege University, Izmir, Turkey). Bumblebees play a key role in ecosystems as pollinators.
S. Tezcan, I. Skyrpan
doaj   +1 more source

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