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Except for bumblebees and some sweat bees, our native bees are solitary, not social, many with just one annual generation that coincides with bloom by their favorite floral hosts. In contrast, the familiar honeybee is highly social, has perennial colonies, and was brought to North America by...
Diversity patterns of native bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) in native prairies and cropland landscapes at the Southern High Plains (Texas, USA)Scott Longing
Bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) are critical to crop production globally. In the last decade, significant declines in managed and native bee health have been documented, and it is now widely considered a "crisis." The potential causes of reduced wild bee health (species richness and abundance) rela...
Diversität, Bedrohung und Schutz einheimischer Bienen in den Neotropen Abstract The Neotropics bee fauna is very rich with 5000 recognised species, including 33 genera (391 species) of Meliponini, but it is estimated to be at least three fold greater in species richness. Deforestation, agricultu...
In this study, we performed a common garden experiment by seeding mixes of 20 native and 20 non‐native pollinator friendly plant species at separate neighboring plots at three sites in Maryland, USA, and recorded flower visitors for 2 years. A total of 3,744 bees (120 species) were ...
The bees like the flowers. But it won't self sow, making it easy to manage. There are plenty of non-natives that grow well, but not too well. Why don't conservationists want to acknowledge them? My native passion fruit vine (left) is MUCH harder to control than my non-native hardy...
Wild animals in China can be found throughout the country. From the high mountains of Tibet to the tropical rainforests of Yunnan, there is an incredible variety of species that inhabit this beautiful land. The Tibet Autonomous Region is home to many unique species, such as snow leopards, Him...
Declines in wild honey bees and losses of managed honey bee colonies have been recorded in the last five decades throughout Europe and the USA (Potts et al., 2010; Requier et al., 2019; vanEngelsdorp, Hayes, Underwood & Pettis, 2009). However, there are some studies that show increases...
The objectives of this study were to (1) determine the effects of imported commercial queen bees from different geographical origin subspecies on the morphological variation of native honeybee population of the Turkeli area; and (2) apply a model to identify and predict the use of commercial queen...