Tools to Tie: Flower Characteristics, VOC Emission Profile, and Glandular Trichomes of Two Mexican Salvia Species to Attract Bees [PDF]
Plants, 2020 A plant can combine physical and chemical tools to interact with other organisms. Some are designed for pollinator attraction (i.e., colors and volatile organic compounds-VOCs); others can act to discourage herbivores (i.e., non-glandular trichomes). Few
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Bifidobacterium xylocopae sp. nov. and Bifidobacterium aemilianum sp. nov., from the carpenter bee (Xylocopa violacea) digestive tract [PDF]
Systematic and Applied Microbiology, 2019 Social bees harbor a community of gut mutualistic bacteria, among which bifidobacteria occupy an important niche. Recently, four novel species have been isolated from guts of different bumblebees, thus allowing to suppose that a core bifidobacterial population may be present in wild solitary bees.
Daniele Alberoni +2 more
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Venom profile of the European carpenter bee Xylocopa violacea: Evolutionary and applied considerations on its toxin components [PDF]
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 ...
Björn M. von Reumont +2 more
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Exploring the biodiversity of Bifidobacterium asteroides among honey bee microbiomes. [PDF]
Environ Microbiol, 2022 Bifidobacterium asteroides is considered the ancestor of the genus Bifidobacterium, which has evolved in close touch with the hindgut of social insects.
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Biology of Xylocopa (Xylocopa) violacea, (L., 1758): Giant Nest! (Hymenoptera: Apidae) [PDF]
, 2016 The present paper aims to find an explanation for the presence of exceptionally long and branched nests in the Xylocopini species. Two giant nests of Xylocopa violacea (L., 1758), excavated in a Prunus persica trunk, were found in 1994: M94/1 and M94/2.
Vicidomini, Salvatore
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MONITORING PROPOSAL OF THE SPECIES VIOLET CARPENTER BEE XYLOCOPA VIOLACEA IN POLAND
Folia Pomeranae Universitatis Technologiae Stetinensis Seria Agricultura, Alimentaria, Piscaria Et Zootechnica, 2021 The main purpose of this scientific publication is to present the suggested methods of monitoring the species violet carpenter bee Xylocopa violacea, which belongs to Hymenoptera of the bee family Apidae. Despite the fact that this insect is only partially protected under Polish national law, there are very few identified localities of these animals in
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The genome sequence of the Violet Carpenter Bee, Xylocopa violacea (Linnaeus, 1785): a hymenopteran species undergoing range expansion [PDF]
HeredityAngela Man +2 more
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New locality records for Xylocopa (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Xylocopinae) fauna of Turkey
Біологічні студії, 2022 Background. The article presents the results of the research on carpenter bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Xylocopinae: Xylocopa) housed in the Lodos Entomological Museum (Ege University, Izmir, Turkey).
S. Tezcan, I. Skyrpan
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Trees, Forests and People, 2021 For the effective management of economically and ecologically valuable tree species, it is crucial to understand pollination and resource allocation particularly in biotic pollinated species. Gmelina arborea Roxb. growing in moist tropical forest of Indo-
Kewat Sanjay Kumar +2 more
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A survey and phenotypic study of carpenter bee species recorded in Kzo village and its environs / Dohuk Governorate – Iraq [PDF]
, 2022 All studies were conducted during the years 2020-2021 in the village of Kzo and its environs of Dohuk Governorate / northern of Iraq, the results of the survey led to the collection of 42 samples, Samples which all belongs to the genus Xylocopa ...
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