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Actualidades Biológicas, 2015 Las abejas del género Xylocopa son los polinizadores más eficientes de muchas plantas del género Passiflora, por esta razón, se ha propuesto el uso de "nidos trampa" para aumentar el número de visitas de estos polinizadores.
Mario S Pinilla-Gallego +1 more
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Preliminary checklist of the bees of St. Eustatius, Lesser Antilles (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila) [PDF]
, 2013 We present a preliminary checklist of bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila) compiled for St. Eustatius, an island located in the Lesser Antilles of the eastern Caribbean. The list has nine species, including six that have not been previously documented
Bush, Stephen P., Madden, Hannah
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Detection of Apicystis bombi (Apicomplexa: Neogregarinorida) in carpenter bees of Argentina
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2023 Historically, the neogregarine Apicystis bombi was isolated almost exclusively from bumble bees (Bombus spp.) where it disrupts adipose tissue, increasing hosts’ mortality rates. Records in solitary bees are scarce worldwide. To check for its presence in
Santiago Plischuk +5 more
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Influence of Environmental Covariates on Pollinator Community Occupancy, Detection, and Richness Across Urban Gardens in Richmond, Virginia, USA. [PDF]
Ecol EvolUrban gardens can play a vital role in supporting pollinator diversity and aiding ecosystem health amidst global declines in pollinators. This study analyzed plant–pollinator interactions in Mid‐Atlantic (USA) urban gardens using multispecies occupancy models, focusing on two native plants: Liatris spicata and Pycnanthemum muticum .
Ruppel NJ +6 more
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A record of bilateral gynandromorphism in Epeolus (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae) [PDF]
, 2018 The discovery of a gynandromorph of a North American Epeolus Latreille is reported. A specimen of E. flavofasciatus Smith from Flagstaff, Arizona, USA discovered in the collection of the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) exhibits male-specific ...
Onuferko, Thomas M
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Toxicon: X, 2022 Modern venomics is increasing its focus on hymenopterans such as honeybees, bumblebees, parasitoid wasps, ants and true wasps. However solitary bees remain understudied in comparison and the few available venom studies focus on short melittin-like ...
B. V. von Reumont +2 more
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Venom composition and pain-causing toxins of the Australian great carpenter bee Xylocopa aruana
Scientific Reports, 2022 Most species of bee are capable of delivering a defensive sting which is often painful. A solitary lifestyle is the ancestral state of bees and most extant species are solitary, but information on bee venoms comes predominantly from studies on eusocial ...
Naiqi Shi +9 more
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Multifunctional Bracts in the Dove Tree Davidia involucrata (Nyssaceae:Cornales) [PDF]
, 2008 Although there has been much experimental work on floral traits that are under selection from mutualists and antagonists, selection by abiotic environmental factors on flowers has been largely ignored.
Gong, Yan-Bing +3 more
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Polarized iridescence of the tropical carpenter bee, Xylocopa latipes
Journal of Comparative Physiology, 2022 The tropical carpenter bee, Xylocopa latipes , has metallic-reflecting, iridescent wings. The wing reflectance spectra for TE- and TM-polarized light depend on the angle of light incidence in a way characteristic for dielectric multilayers.
D. Stavenga, K. Kats, H. Leertouwer
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Recursos florales de Amaryllidaceae usados por abejas silvestres en tres ecorregiones de Argentina
Boletín de la Sociedad Argentina de Botánica, 2023 Introducción y objetivos: A fin de detectar patrones de asociaciones entre Amaryllidaceae y abejas (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), se investigó la presencia de polen de Amaryllidaceae silvestres y cultivadas en nidos de abejas silvestres no Apis ...
Favio G. Vossler
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