European Journal of Entomology, 2011 The effects of three factors operating during pre-emergence development period on some characteristics of drones were studied. Weight of newly emerged drones, length of forewing, length of tibia, length of femur, length and width of basitarsus and number
Adel M. MAZEED
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Epeoloides pilosulus (Cresson) Rediscovered in Michigan, with Notes on the Distribution and Status of its Macropis hosts. [PDF]
, 2019 Epeoloides pilosulus (Cresson 1878) is one of the rarest bees in North America with only a handful of records since 1960. The last collection in Michigan was made in 1944.
Gibbs, Jason +4 more
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Graellsia, 2019 Bombus magnus (Vogt, 1911) (Hymenoptera: Apidae) es una de las tres especies crípticas pertenecientes al complejo lucorum junto con B. lucorum (Linnaeus, 1761) y B. cryptarum (Fabricius, 1775). En la península Ibérica solo se encuentran B.
Nuria Blasco-Lavilla +2 more
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Working-class royalty: bees beat the caste system [PDF]
, 2005 The struggle among social classes or castes is well known in humans. Here, we show that caste inequality similarly affects societies of ants, bees and wasps, where castes are morphologically distinct and workers have greatly reduced reproductive ...
Camargo J.M.F +9 more
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A gynandromorph of Xylocopa augusti and an unusual record of X. iris from Brazil (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Xylocopini) [PDF]
, 2015 We describe and illustrate for the first time a mixed gynandromorph of Xylocopa(Neoxylocopa) augusti Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Also, we document and discuss a historical specimen of the Old World carpenter bee X. (Copoxyla)
Gonzalez, Victor H. +2 more
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A survey of the bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) from Isfahan Province, Iran [PDF]
Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics, 2019 In this survey, 154 bee species of Apoidea superfamily, from the western part of the Isfahan province, Iran were recorded, of which 29 species are new for the fauna of Iran.
Razieh Khodarahmi Ghahnavieh +1 more
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A Local Replacement of \u3ci\u3eBombus Ternarius\u3c/i\u3e by \u3ci\u3eBombus Terricola\u3c/i\u3e in Northern Wisconsin (Hymenoptera: Apidae) [PDF]
, 2017 During the last few years, the bumblebee Bombus ternarius Say has markedly decreased in numbers in Vilas County in northern Wisconsin while Bombus terricola Kirby has increased. The great ecological similarity of these species suggests that interspecific
Thomson, James D
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Bee pollination effects on yield and chemical composition of West Indian gherkin fruits (Cucumis anguria L., Cucurbitaceae) in the Brazilian semi-arid region [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of BiologyAnimal pollination plays a key role in global agricultural production and especially of monoecious crops, which are essentially dependent on pollinators.
I. C. S. Magalhães +4 more
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Heterospecific Hymenoptera found inside the nests of Bombus impatiens (Hymenoptera: Apidae). [PDF]
, 2018 The nests of social Hymenoptera are particularly attractive to species engaging in resource robbing due to their concentration of resources. Here, the identity of heterospecific intruders in Bombus impatiens nests are described, with a particular focus ...
Graham, Kelsey K
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Waste management in the stingless bee Melipona beecheii Bennett (Hymenoptera: Apidae) [PDF]
, 2014 Waste management is important in insect societies because waste can be hazardous to adults, brood and food stores. The general organization of waste management and the influence of task partitioning, division of labor and age polyethism on waste ...
Hart, Adam G +2 more
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