Sweat Bees, Halictid Bees, Halictidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Halictidae)
EDIS, 2011 Sweat bees are very important pollinators for many wildflowers and crops, including stone fruits, pomme fruits, alfalfa, and sunflower. Sweat bee populations can be encouraged with wildflower plantings and by providing nesting areas. Halictids typically
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Comparative Analyses Reveal Mitogenome Characteristics of Halictidae and Novel Rearrangement (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila) [PDF]
AnimalsHalictidae, as a major pollinator family in bees, has significant ecological value. However, the insufficient molecular data for this group has limited our understanding of the evolutionary history of this group.
Dan Zhang, Zeqing Niu
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From Cabinet to Catalogue: The Palaearctic bee (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Anthophila) collection of the Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal [PDF]
Biodiversity Data JournalThe Mediterranean Basin, characterised by temperate rainy winters and hot dry summers, represents a notable hotspot for bee species richness. However, research on the bee fauna across this region remains uneven, with significant knowledge gaps in ...
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The genome sequence of the Shaggy Mining Bee, Lasioglossum villosulum (Kirby, 1802) (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] [PDF]
Wellcome Open ResearchWe present a genome assembly from an individual female Lasioglossum villosulum (Shaggy Mining Bee; Arthropoda; Insecta; Hymenoptera; Halictidae). The genome sequence has a total length of 458.49 megabases. Most of the assembly (87.76%) is scaffolded into
Steven Falk
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Sensitivity of commercial pumpkin yield to potential decline among different groups of pollinating bees [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2017 The yield of animal-pollinated crops is threatened by bee declines, but its precise sensitivity is poorly known. We therefore determined the yield dependence of Hokkaido pumpkin in Germany on insect pollination by quantifying: (i) the relationship ...
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Social behaviour in bees influences the abundance of Sodalis (Enterobacteriaceae) symbionts [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2018 Social interactions can facilitate transmission of microbes between individuals, reducing variation in gut communities within social groups. Thus, the evolution of social behaviours and symbiont community composition have the potential to be tightly ...
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Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2021 The Halictidae, where the Seladonia aeraria belongs, was an important model organism for studying the evolution of insect social behavior. We first sequenced the complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of Seladonia aeraria.
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Wellcome Open Research, 2022 We present a genome assembly from an individual male Sphecodes monilicornis (the box-headed blood bee; Arthropoda; Insecta; Hymenoptera; Halictidae). The genome sequence is 497 megabases in span.
Joseph Monks, Steven Falk
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Insects, 2019 Queen signals are known to regulate reproductive harmony within eusocial colonies by influencing worker behavior and ovarian physiology. However, decades of research have resulted in the identification of just a few queen signals, and studies of their ...
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Diurnal and geographic variations of pollinator importance for Cucurbita maxima Duchesne
Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Despite growing awareness of the importance of monitoring wild crop pollinators worldwide, there are still few reports, especially in East Asia. Considering ongoing global warming may change the distribution range and diurnal activity of pollinators, it ...
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