Leafcutting Bees, Megachilidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Megachilidae: Megachilinae) [PDF]
EDIS, 2005 Leafcutting bees are important native pollinators of North America. They use cut leaves to construct nests in cavities (mostly in rotting wood). They create multiple cells in the nest, each with a single larva and pollen stored for the larvae to eat ...
David Serrano
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Annotated checklist of the megachilid bees of Corsica (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae)
Journal of Hymenoptera ResearchCorsica stands as one of the largest Mediterranean Islands and has been the exploration ground for renowned entomologists like Charles Ferton. However, no synthesis on Corsican bees has been published so far.
Romain Le Divelec +3 more
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Mitochondrial genome of the mason bee, Osmia pedicornis (Hymenopetra: Megachilidae) [PDF]
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2020 The mason bee, Osmia pedicornis Cockerell, 1919, which is importantly used as the pollinator, particularly for apples in Korea. We sequenced the mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of O.
Hyung Joo Yoon +4 more
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How Bees Respond Differently to Field Margins of Shrubby and Herbaceous Plants in Intensive Agricultural Crops of the Mediterranean Area [PDF]
Insects, 2019 (1) Intensive agriculture has a high impact on pollinating insects, and conservation strategies targeting agricultural landscapes may greatly contribute to their maintenance.
Juan Antonio Sanchez +4 more
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Morphological phylogeny of Megachilini and the evolution of leaf-cutter behavior in bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) [PDF]
Journal of Melittology, 2019 A unique feature among bees is the ability of some species of Megachile Latreille s.l. to cut and process fresh leaves for nest construction. The presence of a razor between the female mandibular teeth (interdental laminae) to facilitate leaf-cutting (LC)
V. González +2 more
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A review of the anthidiine bees (Apoidea, Megachilidae) in Thailand [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2023 Bees of the tribe Anthidiini (Apoidea: Megachilidae) are notable pollinators consisting of resin bees, wool-carder bees, and cleptoparasitic bees. Twelve anthidiine species were historically reported in Thailand, though the taxonomic information of the group was needed revising.
Pakorn Nalinrachatakan +5 more
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COELIOXYS RUFOCAUDATA SM. (HYMENOPTERA MEGACHILIDAE) CLEPTOPARASITE DE MEGACHILE ROTUNDATA F. (HYMENOPTERA MEGACHILIDAE) POLLINISATEUR DE LA LUZERNE [PDF]
Apidologie, 1981 Serge Carré, Jean-Sébastien Py
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Diversity, 2023 As climatic and other impactful environmental changes continue to gain momentum pollination, services are poised to be harmed, and wild bee species are not an exception.
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Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 2023 The checklist of the Bee family Megachilidae, from India, is presented. Megachilidae is one of the hyper-diverse bee family that includes leafcutter, resin and mason bees. In India, it is the largest bee family with a total of 179 species under 23 genera
P. M. Osman Javid +3 more
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The Invasion ofMegachile policaris(Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) to Hawai‘i [PDF]
Journal of Insect Science, 2021 AbstractIslands are insular environments that are negatively impacted by invasive species. In Hawai‘i, at least 21 non-native bees have been documented to date, joining the diversity of >9,000 non-native and invasive species to the archipelago. The goal of this study is to describe the persistence, genetic diversity, and natural history of the ...
Jonathan Berenguer Uhuad Koch +3 more
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