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The evolution of floral sonication, a pollen foraging behavior used by bees (Anthophila)

open access: yesEvolution, Volume 72, Issue 3, Page 590-600, March 2018., 2018
Abstract Over 22,000 species of biotically pollinated flowering plants, including some major agricultural crops, depend primarily on bees capable of floral sonication for pollination services. The ability to sonicate (“buzz”) flowers is widespread in bees but not ubiquitous.
Sophie Cardinal   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Specific immunotherapy in Albanian patients with anaphylaxis to hymenoptera venoms [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
Background: Severe allergic reactions during rush-specific immunotherapy (Rush-SIT) may occur in the treatment of hymenoptera sting allergy. The objective of the present study was to examine the characteristics of allergic reactions during Rush-SIT in a ...
Dinh, Q. Thai   +6 more
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Diversity of Wild Bees along Elevational Gradient in an Agricultural Area in Central Java, Indonesia

open access: yesPsyche: A Journal of Entomology, Volume 2017, Issue 1, 2017., 2017
Increases in mean temperature affect the diversity and abundance of wild bees in agricultural ecosystems. Pollinator community composition is expected to change along an elevational gradient due to differences in the daily ambient temperature. This study investigated the diversity and abundance of wild bees in an agricultural area along an elevational ...
Imam Widhiono   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Host‐Cleptoparasite Biogeographical Congruence Through Time: The Case of Cuckoo Oil Bees

open access: yesJournal of Biogeography, Volume 52, Issue 5, May 2025.
ABSTRACT Aim Insect brood parasites (i.e., cleptoparasites), like cuckoo bees, typically attack hosts within specific lineages, but seem to be less constrained by the biogeographical movements of their hosts compared to obligate parasites. Cuckoo bees depend on stable host populations, being particularly sensitive to environmental changes and thus ...
Aline C. Martins   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Antioxidant Activity of a Geopropolis from Northeast Brazil: Chemical Characterization and Likely Botanical Origin

open access: yesEvidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2017, Issue 1, 2017., 2017
Geopropolis is a product containing wax, plant resin, and soil particles. It is elaborated by stingless bees of tribe Meliponini. Methanol extracts of sample of geopropolis produced by Scaptotrigona postica (“mandaguari”) in the state of Rio Grande do Norte (RN, northeast Brazil) were analyzed for the determination of standard parameters (total phenols,
Joselena M. Ferreira   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The melectine bee genera Brachymelecta and Sinomelecta (Hymenoptera, Apidae)

open access: yesZooKeys, 2012
The enigmatic, cleptoparasitic bee genera Brachymelecta Linsley and Sinomelecta Baker (Apinae: Melectini) are redescribed, each represented by a single species which has not been reencountered since capture of the type series ca.
Michael Engel, Charles Michener
doaj   +1 more source

Variación estacional de abejas euglosinas (Apidae: Euglossini) en el norte de la Orinoquia colombiana

open access: yesRevista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, 2022
Las abejas euglosinas son importantes polinizadores de múltiples especies de plantas neotropicales, pero en muchas localidades de Colombia existe poca información sobre su presencia.
Néstor Pérez-Buitrago   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

New and old records of Euglossa imperialis Cockerell, 1922 (Apidae, Apinae, Euglossini) for the Amazon rainforest, Cerrado, and Pantanal of Mato Grosso, Brazil [PDF]

open access: yesCheck List, 2020
Euglossa imperialis Cockerell, 1922 has recently been catalogued in the Cerrado of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, and here we add both new and old data obtained from expeditions conducted in 10 municipalities of Mato Grosso since 2002.
Marta Helena Schorn de Souza   +1 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Conservation Assessment for Whorled Rosinweed (Silphium trifoliatum L.) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
issued October 1, 2004Report issued on: October 1, 2004INHS Technical Report prepared for USDA Forest Service, Eastern ...
Molano-Flores, Brenda
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First report of Monoeca in Argentina, with description of two new species (Hymenoptera: Apidae) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Two new species of the oil-collecting bee genus Monoeca Lepeletier & Audinet-Serville (Apidae: Tapinotaspidini) are described and figured from females and males captured in north - eastern Argentina.
Roig Alsina, Arturo Hernan   +1 more
core   +2 more sources

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