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Thermoregulatory physiology of the carpenter bee,Xylocopa varipuncta

Journal of Comparative Physiology B, 1986
The carpenter beesXylocopa varipuncta maintain thoracic temperatures of 33.0°C to 46.5°C during continuous free flight from 12°C to 40°C. Since the thoracic temperature excess is not constant (decreasing from 24°C at low air temperatures to 6°C at high) the bees are thermoregulating.
Bernd Heinrich, Stephen L. Buchmann
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Biodiversity Record: Leafcutter bee and small carpenter bee feeding on a stinkhorn fungus

2021
Nature in Singapore, 14, 1 ...
Soh, Zestin W. W., Wirawan, David
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Carpenter Bees of the Subgenus Notoxylocopa (Hymenoptera: Apoidea)

Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 1965
The New World subgenus Notoxylocopa of the genus Xylocopa contains 2 species and 10 subspecies of carpenter bees, distributed between western North America and northern South America, from Oregon to Ecuador. The subspecies are distinguished by color features and geographic location; most occur in the more mountainous areas but 2 approach sea level ...
Lois Breimeier O'Brien, Paul D. Kurd
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Nestmate discrimination based on familiarity but not relatedness in eastern carpenter bees

Behavioural Processes, 2017
How animals recognize conspecific individuals has important outcomes in many contexts, but interactions among group members are particularly important. Two recognition criteria are often implicated in these interactions: kin recognition is based on relatedness cues and nestmate recognition is based on familiarity.
J L, Vickruck, M H, Richards
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Nature's Right-Angle Drill: Carpenter Bees

2020
Explains the characteristics of carpenter bees, the effects of their nesting in wooden structures, and how to manage them.
Karen Vail, John Skinner, Malcolm Taylor, Laura Russo, Jennifer Tsuruda, Paul Rhoades, Lucas Hietala   +6 more
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Carpenter Bee: Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae, Xylocopa virginica [PDF]

, 2014
Describes habitat and life cycle of Xylocopa virginica, damage to the wood of houses and buildings, and methods of control.
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Carpenter Bees ( Xylocopa ) Harbor a Distinctive Gut Microbiome Related to That of Honey Bees and Bumble Bees

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2022
Nancy Moran, Jo-Anne Holley
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Carpenter bees.

2000
K. S. Delaplane, D. F. Mayer
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Large Carpenter Bees (Xylocopa)

2019
Stephen L. Buchmann, Robert L. Minckley
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Carpenter Bee

2020
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