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The large carpenter bee Xylocopa augusti (Hymenoptera: Apidae): new record for Chile [PDF]

, 2013
The large carpenter bee Xylocopa (Neoxylocopa) augusti Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1841, is here recorded for the first time in Chile. This new record increases to four the number of carpenter bees known for the country.
Allendes, Juan L., Lucia, Mariano, Montalva, José   +2 more
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Close encounters of three kinds: impacts of leg, wing and body collisions on flight performance in carpenter bees

bioRxiv, 2022
Flying insects often forage among cluttered vegetation that forms a series of obstacles in their flight path. Recent studies have focused on behaviors needed to navigate clutter while avoiding all physical contact, and as a result, we know little about ...
Nicholas P. Burnett, S. Combes
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Pollinator cultivar choice: An assessment of season-long pollinator visitation among coreopsis, aster, and salvia cultivars

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, 2022
Documented pollinator declines have encouraged the installation of pollinator plantings in residential, commercial and agricultural settings. Pollinator visitation among cultivars of coreopsis, salvia and asters was compared on 40 dates in a 2-year study
S. K. Braman, S. V. Pennisi, C. G. Fair, J. C. Quick   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Genome and Methylome of a Subsocial Small Carpenter Bee, Ceratina calcarata [PDF]

, 2016
Understanding the evolution of animal societies, considered to be a major transition in evolution, is a key topic in evolutionary biology. Recently, new gateways for understanding social evolution have opened up due to advances in genomics, allowing for ...
Glastad, Karl M., Hunt, Brendan G., Lawson, Sarah P., Rehan, Sandra M.   +3 more
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Do French beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) grown in proximity to Mt Kenya forest- Kenya- experience pollination deficit?

Journal of Pollination Ecology, 2014
Yields of commercially important crops in Kenya are often far below their potential. Amongst the possible reasons for such low yields may be the ecosystem degradation that can be expected to have negative impacts on pollinator presence in cropland, and ...
Rose Masiga, Muo Kasina, Jenard Mbugi, Christopher Odhiambo, Wanja Kinuthia, Barbara Gemmill-Herren, Bernard Vaissière   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

First report on pollinating behavior of the small carpenter bee Ceratina ridleyi Cockerell (Hymenoptera, Apidae) in Globba leucantha var. bicolor Holttum (Zingiberaceae) [PDF]

Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 2022
Small carpenter bees of the genus Ceratina are widespread, but little-studied as pollinators despite their presence in various pollinator assemblages. This study documents the importance of Ceratina ridleyi as a pollinator of the small-flowered Malaysian
Nivaarani Arumugam, Nor Syahaiza Ahmad Zamri, Jayaraj Vijaya Kumaran, Maryana Mohamad Nor, Sreeramanan Subramaniam, Suganthi Appalasamy   +5 more
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Development of Multiple Polymorphic Microsatellite Markers for Ceratina calcarata (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Using Genome-Wide Analysis [PDF]

, 2016
The small carpenter bee, Ceratina calcarata (Robertson), is a widespread native pollinator across eastern North America. The behavioral ecology and nesting biology of C.
Brittain, Grover, Kijas, Raymond, Rehan, Sandra M. Rehan, Thiel, Wyatt A. Shell   +7 more
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Ninhos racionais para mamangava (Xylocopa frontalis) na polinização do maracujá-amarelo (Passiflora edulis) Rational nesting box to carpenter bees (Xylocopa frontalis) in the pollination of passionfruit (Passiflora edulis)

Ciência Rural, 2003
O Brasil é o maior produtor mundial de maracujá-amarelo (Passiflora edulis), porém apresenta baixas produtividades devido à carência de polinizadores naturais, como as abelhas mamangavas (Xylocopa spp.), nas áreas cultivadas.
Breno Magalhães Freitas, José Hugo de Oliveira Filho   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

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., Lucia, Mariano, Villamil, Soledad Camila   +2 more
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The Galapagos carpenter bee, just how important is it? [PDF]

, 1989
McMullen, Conley K.
core   +3 more sources