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Bee Life in the City: an Analysis of the Pollen Provisions of Centris (Centris) flavifrons (Centridini) in an Urban Area

Sociobiology, 2017
Due to deforestation and fragmentation of ecosystems, the management of bee populations targeting pollination services is increasingly urgent. Because urban environments are stressful, the dietary knowledge in such areas can help to cope with this issue ...
Marcos Costa Dorea, Francisco de Assis Ribeiro dos Santos, Cândida Maria Lima Aguiar, Celso Feitosa Martins   +3 more
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Efficiency of pantraps for monitoring bees diversity in Brazilian acerola orchards: the role of color diversity

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
Bee monitoring characterizes the local fauna and determines conservation measures. The study evaluated the influence of pantrap color on bee attraction and the difference in seasonal patterns of these insects.
MÁRCIA S. COELHO, LÚCIA HELENA P. KIILL, CELSO F. MARTINS   +2 more
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Floral Resource Partitioning between Centris (Heterocentris) analis (Fabricius, 1804) and Centris (Heterocentris) terminata Smith, 1874 (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Centridini), in an Urban Fragment of the Atlantic Forest

Sociobiology, 2017
The knowledge on plant species used for the collection of floral resources is crucial to understanding interactions between plants and bees. The aim of the present study was to identify floral resources used by Centris analis and Centris terminata to ...
Reinanda Lima, Maria Ferreira-Caliman, Marcos da Costa Dórea, Caroline Tito Garcia, Francisco de Assis Ribeiro dos Santos, Favízia Freitas Oliveira, Carlos Alberto Garófalo   +6 more
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Edible Fruit Plant Species in the Amazon Forest Rely Mostly on Bees and Beetles as Pollinators. [PDF]

J Econ Entomol, 2021
Paz FS, Pinto CE, de Brito RM, Imperatriz-Fonseca VL, Giannini TC.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Taxonomic revision and distribution of the cleptoparasitic bee genus Mesoplia (Apidae: Ericrocidini) from Mexico and Central America

Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad
A taxonomic revision of the cleptoparasitic bee genus Mesoplia Lepeletier, 1841 from Mexico and Central America is presented. We recognize 4 new species, resulting in a total of 10 species for the study area: Mesoplia (Mesoplia) insignis (Smith, 1879),
José Ángel Zamarripa-Fernández, Ismael Hinojosa-Díaz , Moisés Armando Luis-Martínez, Ricardo Ayala   +3 more
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Gut microbiota variation of a tropical oil-collecting bee species far exceeds that of the honeybee. [PDF]

Front Microbiol, 2023
Kardas E, González-Rosario AM, Giray T, Ackerman JD, Godoy-Vitorino F.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Centridini Bees as Manageable Pollinators of West Indian Cherry (Malpighia emarginata, Malpighiaceae) Orchards in Southeast Brazil

Sociobiology
The West Indian cherry (Malpighia emarginata), commonly referred to as “Acerola”, has attracted particular interest due to its high vitamin C content in the fruit. One of the limitations observed in Acerola crops is their dependence on cross-pollination,
Diego Moure-Oliveira, Reinanda Lima, Morgana S. Sazan, Cláudia Inês Silva, Carlos A. Garófalo   +4 more
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Evolution of connective glands reveals a new synapomorphy for Malpighiaceae and the hidden potential of staminal glands for Malpighiales systematics. [PDF]

PhytoKeys, 2023
de Almeida RF, Arévalo-Rodrigues G, de Morais IL, Cardoso-Gustavson P.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Elevated rates of dietary generalization in eusocial lineages of the secondarily herbivorous bees. [PDF]

BMC Ecol Evol, 2023
Wood TJ, Müller A, Praz C, Michez D.
europepmc   +1 more source

Investigating Morphological Complexes Using Informational Dissonance and Bayes Factors: A Case Study in Corbiculate Bees. [PDF]

Syst Biol, 2021
Porto DS, Almeida EAB, Pennell MW.
europepmc   +1 more source