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Non-Apis Pollinators
item Chasing a little-known fairy bee (Perdita meconis) in a dynamic desert landscape (Nov 2024)
item Revealing the Baja California Peninsula’s Hidden Treasures: An Annotated checklist of the native bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila) (Oct 2024)
item Pesticide use is linked to the shrinking of wild bee distributions across the contiguous United States (Aug 2024)
item A century of wild bee sampling: historical data and neural network analysis reveal ecological traits associated with species loss (Aug 2024)
item Chromosome-scale genome assembly of the Hunt bumble bee, Bombus huntii Greene, 1860, a species of agricultural interest (Jul 2024)
item Effects of age on oxidative stress and locomotion in the pollinator, Megachile rotundata (Jul 2024)
item Monarch butterfly conservation through male germplasm cryopreservation (Jun 2024)
item Ants in the clouds: A preliminary checklist of the ant (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) fauna of a Honduran cloud forest ecosystem, featuring a key to country genera (Jun 2024)
item Pollination biology and life history traits of the rare Las Vegas bearpoppy (Arctomecon californica) (Jun 2024)
item Development of a degree-day model for adult emergence of the red sunflower seed weevil, Smicronyx fulvus LeConte (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) (Jun 2024)
item Phylogenomics and biogeography of the small carpenter bees (Apidae: Xylocopinae: Ceratina) (Jun 2024)
item Telomere length increases following quiescence in two solitary bee species (May 2024)
item Assessing the effects of cold storage regimes of North American Bombus gynes (May 2024)
item Threats to ant diversity in Mesoamerica. Chapter in: Insect Decline and Conservation in the Neotropics (Apr 2024)
item Bee diversity and abundance in perennial irrigated crops and adjacent habitats in central Washington state (Mar 2024)
item Osmia lignaria laboratory rearing protocol (Feb 2024)
item Reproductive biology and flower visitors of two rare pecies of Sclerocactus (Cactaceae) in the Southwestern United States (Dec 2023)
item Nesting cavity diameter has implications for management of the alfalfa leafcutting bee (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) (Nov 2023)
item Identification of sex-specific markers based on gene expression in adult Colorado potato beetles (Aug 2023)
item Opportunities and challenges in Asian bee research and conservation (Aug 2023)
item The evolutionary history of bees in time and space (Jul 2023)
item Identity and diversity of pollens collected by two managed bee species while in blueberry fields for pollination (Jul 2023)
item UCE phylogenomics, biogeography, and classification of long-horned bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Eucerini), with insights on using specimens with extremely degraded DNA (Jul 2023)
item Establishmentof an olfactory conditioning assay for two solitary, cavity-nesting bees (Jun 2023)
item Chromosome-scale genome assembly of the rusty patched bumble bee, Bombus affinis (Cresson) (Hymenoptera: Apidae), an endangered North American pollinator (Jun 2023)
item Blue orchard bee (Hymenoptera: Megachilidea) origin and orchard growing region affect female retention at artificial nest sites in cherry orchards (Jun 2023)
item Odor discrimination after olfactory conditioning of managed solitary bees, Osmia lignaria and Megachile rotundata (Jun 2023)
item Variation in North American bumble bee nest success and colony sizes under captive rearing conditions (Jun 2023)
item Mellitobia acasta (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) female longevity and life stage-dependent parasitism using commercially managed Megachile rotundata (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) as hosts (May 2023)
item Effects of geographic origin and temperature on survival, development, and emergence of the managed pollinator, Osmia lignaria (May 2023)
item Thermal biology and overwintering behavior of the red sunflower seed weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) (Apr 2023)
item Life cycle of Melittobia acasta (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) using Megachile rotundata (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) as a host (Apr 2023)
item Molecular signatures of diapause in the Asian longhorned beetle: gene expression (Mar 2023)
item Phylogenomics reveals within species diversification but incongruence with color phenotypes in widespread orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini) (Mar 2023)
item Sperm can't take the heat: Short-term temperature exposures compromise fertility of male bumble bees (Bombus impatiens) (Feb 2023)
item Examination of hivetop incubator efficacy for emerging Osmia lignaria (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) and the impact on Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae) colonies (Jan 2023)
item Recent and future declines of a historically widespread pollinator linked to climate, land cover, and pesticides (Jan 2023)
item Novel microsatellite markers for Osmia lignaria (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae): A North American pollinator of agricultural crops and wildland plants (Jan 2023)
item Maternal body condition and season influence RNA deposition in the oocytes of alfalfa leafcutting bees (Megachile rotundata) (Jan 2023)
item Integrative approach resolves the taxonomy of Eulaema cingulata (Hymenoptera, Apidae), an important pollinator in the Neotropics (Dec 2022)
item Captive rearing success and critical thermal maxima of Bombus griseocollis (Hymenoptera: Apidae): A candidate for commercialization? (Nov 2022)
item Vitrification of lepidopteran embryos - a simple protocol to cryopreserve the embryos of the sunflower moth, Homoeosoma electellum (Oct 2022)
item Energy consumption and cold hardiness of diapausing fall webworm pupae (Sep 2022)
item Multiple daily brood cells define the fecundity of Osmia lignaria bees in a semi-natural setting (Sep 2022)
item Effects of temperature and wildflower strips on survival and nutrition dynamics of Megachile rotundata under extended cold storage (Aug 2022)
item Out of the temperate zone: A phylogenomic test of the biogeographical conservatism hypothesis in a contrarian clade of ants (Jul 2022)
item Pollen column, and a wax canopy, in a first nest description of Bombus (Cullumanobombus) morrisoni (Apidae) (Jun 2022)
item Pursuing best practices for minimizing wild bee captures to support biological research (Jun 2022)
item Pesticide risk to managed bees during blueberry pollination is primarily driven by off-farm exposures (May 2022)
item Improving Osmia lignaria and O. cornifrons (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) retention with preferred nest materials and attractant spray (Apr 2022)
item Phylogenomic dating and Bayesian biogeography illuminate an antitropical pattern for eucerine bees (Apr 2022)
item Phylogenomics and historical biogeography of the cleptoparasitic bee genus Nomada (Hymenoptera: Apidae) using ultraconserved elements (Mar 2022)
item The interception of Bombus impatiens Cresson, 1863 found in imported produce purchased in Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i (Mar 2022)
item Phylogeny, biogeography and diversification of the mining bee family Andrenidae (Mar 2022)
item Timing of diapause initiation and overwintering conditions alter gene expression profiles in Megachile rotundata (Mar 2022)
item UCE phylogenomics of New World Cryptopone (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) elucidates genus boundaries, species boundaries, and the vicariant history of a temperate-tropical disjunction (Jan 2022)
item UCE phylogenomics resolves major relationships among ectaheteromorph ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ectatomminae, Heteroponerinae): A new classification for the subfamilies and the description of a new genus (Jan 2022)
item Species paraphyly and social parasitism: Phylogenomics, morphology, and geography clarify the evolution of the Pseudomyrmex elongatulus group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), a Mesoamerican ant clade (Jan 2022)
item Life stage and the environment as effectors of transposable element activity in two bee species (Jan 2022)
item Vitrification of manually stage selected embryos of Drosophila melanogaster have significantly higher survival and adult emergence (Jan 2022)
item A review of bee captures in pest monitoring traps and future directions for research and collaboration (Dec 2021)
item Thermal history of alfalfa leafcutting bees affects nesting and diapause incidence (Nov 2021)
item New species of the genus Eoanthidium (Apoidea: Megachilidae: Anthidiini) from the Middle East link the Afrotropical and Palaearctic Realms, with a key to the Palaearctic taxa (Nov 2021)
item A brief assessment of Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) abundance in forest and non-forested habitats across an altitude gradient on Mauna Loa, Hawai‘i (Nov 2021)
item Adult body size measurement redundancies in Osmia lignaria and Megachile rotundata (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) (Nov 2021)
item Phylogenetic relationships and the evolution of host preferences in the largest clade of brood parasitic bees (Apidae: Nomadinae) (Nov 2021)
item Effects of provision type and pesticide exposure on the larval development of Osmia lignaria (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) (Oct 2021)
item Paraphyly and low levels of genetic divergence in morphologically distinct taxa: Revision of the Pseudoanthidium scapulare complex of carder bees (Apoidea: Megachilidae: Anthidiini) (Sep 2021)
item The roles of phenotypic plasticity and adaptation in morphology and performance of an invasive species in a novel environment (Sep 2021)
item The invasion of Megachile policaris (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) to Hawai‘i (Sep 2021)
item Genetic and usurpation data support high incidence of bumble bee nest invasion by socially parasitic bumble bee, Bombus insularis (Sep 2021)
item Identities, concentrations, and sources of pesticide exposure in pollen collected by managed bees during blueberry pollination (Aug 2021)
item Size constrains oxygen delivery capacity within but not between bumble bee castes (Aug 2021)
item Environmental impacts on diapause and survival of the alfalfa leafcutting bee, Megachile rotundata (Aug 2021)
item Body size allometry impacts flight-related morphology and metabolic rates in the solitary bee Megachile rotundata (Jul 2021)
item Assessment of the vulnerability to pesticide exposures across bee species (Jul 2021)
item Neonicotinoid pesticides cause mass fatalities of native bumble bees: A case study from Wilsonville, Oregon, USA (Jun 2021)
item Comparative analysis of cryopreservation of seminal vesicle derived spermatozoa from Bombus impatiens and Apis mellifera - Implications for artificial insemination of bumble bees (Jun 2021)
item Phylogeny, phenology, and foraging breadth of ashmeadiella (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) (May 2021)
item Ensemble models predict invasive bee habitat suitability will expand under future climate scenarios in Hawai‘i (May 2021)
item First records, phenology, habitat, and host-plant associations of Macrotera opuntiae (Cockerell) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in Montana (May 2021)
item Physiological responses to cryoprotectant treatment in an early larval stage of the malaria mosquito, Anopheles gambiae (Apr 2021)
item Overwintering conditions impact insulin pathway gene expression in diapausing Megachile rotundata (Mar 2021)
item Integrating UCE phylogenomics with traditional taxonomy reveals a trove of new world syscia species (Formicidae: Dorylinae) (Mar 2021)
item Comparison of fluctuating thermal regimes and commercially achievable constant-temperature regimes for short-term storage of the alfalfa leafcutting bee (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) (Mar 2021)
item Reduction in the potential distribution of bumble bees (Apidae: Bombus) in Mesoamerica under different climate change scenarios: Conservation implications (Feb 2021)
item Ultraconserved element phylogenomics and biogeography of the agriculturally important mason bee subgenus Osmia (Osmia) (Feb 2021)
item From bees to flies: Global shift in pollinator communities along elevation gradients (Jan 2021)
item Partitioned gene-tree analyses and gene-based topology testing help resolve incongruence in a phylogenomic study of host-specialist bees (Apidae: Eucerinae) (Nov 2020)
item Phylogenomic and morphological reevaluation of the bee tribes Biastini, Neolarrini, and Townsendiellini (Hymenoptera: Apidae) with description of three new species of Schwarzia (Nov 2020)
item Neurotoxic alkaloid in pollen and nectar excludes generalist bees from foraging at death-camas, Toxicoscordion paniculatum (Melanthiaceae) (Oct 2020)
item Bees of the genus Anthidium Fabricius, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae: Anthidiini) from China (Oct 2020)
item Bark beetle outbreak enhances biodiversity and foraging habitat of native bees in alpine landscapes of the southern Rocky Mountains (Oct 2020)
item Bee phenology is predicted by climatic variation and functional traits (Aug 2020)
item Diet breadth affects bacterial identity but not diversity in the pollen provisions of closely related polylectic and oligolectic bees (Jul 2020)
item A new bee species of the subgenus Ceratina (Rhysoceratina) (Hymenoptera: Apidae) from northernmost South America (Jul 2020)
item A brief review of monolecty in bees and benefits of a broadened definition (Jun 2020)