10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LEAFCUTTER BEE»
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Alfalfa and Relatives: Evolution and Classification of Medicago
Of the perhaps 20 000 species of bees in the world, the honey bee and the alfalfa
leafcutter bee may well be the only ones that have been truly “domesticated”, i.e.,
selected genetically for increased usefulness to humans. The alfalfa leafcutter ...
2
Insects, and Seed Collection, Storage, Testing, and ...
The 1960s marked the rapid development of a new industry devoted to
increasing populations of the alfalfa leafcutter bee and using it in alfalfa seed
fields. The alfalfa leafcutter bee nests above ground in narrow, usually tubular
cavities.
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Encyclopedia of Entomology
BeeScience 3:22-25 Hill BD, Richards KW, Schaaljie GB (1984) Use of
dichlorvos resin strips to reduce parasitism of alfalfa leafcutter bee (Hymenoptera
: Megachilidae) cocoons during incubation. J Econ Entomol 77:1307-1312
Richards KW ...
4
Guide to Colorado Insects
The alfalfa leafcutter bee {Megachile rotunda) is particularly good at pollinating
alfalfa. Colorado's orchard mason bees {Osmia spp.) are important in fruit polli-
Leafcutter bee with leaf fragment Leafcutter bees — and some other solitary bees
...
Whitney Cranshaw, Boris C. Kondratieff, 2006
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Practical Beekeeping in New Zealand: The Definitive Guide: ...
Lucerne leafcutter bee Lucerne leafcutter bees are widely used in North America,
where they have been introduced from western Asia to assist with pollinating
lucerne. One species of leafcutter bee, Megachile rotundata (Megachilidae), was
...
Andrew Matheson, Murray Reid, 2011
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Mass Production of Beneficial Organisms: Invertebrates and ...
Hybrid sunflower pollination by a manageable composite specialist: the
sunflower leafcutter bee (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Environ. Entomol. 12 (2),
576–581. Pitts-Singer, T.L., 2007. Olfactory response of megachilid bees, Osmia
lignaria, ...
Juan A. Morales-Ramos, M. Guadalupe Rojas, David I. Shapiro-Ilan, 2013
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Garden Insects of North America: The Ultimate Guide to ...
The Ultimate Guide to Backyard Bugs Whitney Cranshaw. A. Typical leaf cutting
injury produced on wild rose by leafcutter bees. W. Cranshaw. B. Leafcutter bee
injury to flower petal. W. Cranshaw. C. Leafcutter bee cutting lilac leaf.
Leafcutter bees You can tell when a leafcutter bee has been at work by the neat
semicircle-shaped holes cut out of leaves. The bee uses the leaf pieces to make
cells to lay her eggs in. She stacks the cells, each containing an egg and a food ...
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Bugs Rule!: An Introduction to the World of Insects
FIGURE 15-26 A leafcutter bee, Megachile sp., cutting a leaf piece from lilac. Cut
pieces of leaves are then used to line their nest cells. Photograph by Whitney
Cranshaw/Colorado State University. bottom are three to four elongate,
rectangular ...
Whitney Cranshaw, Richard Redak, 2013
The Angelic Leafcutter Bee (M. angelica) is one of our smaller but most common
species. Adults are blackish with moderately distinct, thin abdominal hair bands;
BL 7-11 mm. It is common during the summer throughout mountains and foothills
...
Jerry A. Powell, Charles Leonard Hogue, 1980
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LEAFCUTTER BEE»
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leafcutter bee is used in the context of the following news items.
Researchers Hope Kansas Bee Hotel Will Educate, Start …
Leafcutter bee. Credit Bob Peterson, flickr Creative Commons. Resin bee. Credit John Baker, flickr Creative Commons. Mason bee. «KMUW, Jun 15»
Celebrating a World of Benefits from a Dwindling Resource
A monarch butterfly, a honeybee and leafcutter bee gather nectar from a showy milkweed. Photo: John Anderson of Hedgerow Farms. «USDA.gov, Jun 15»
Mason and leafcutter beekeeping
To keep parasitoid wasps and flies that target aggregations of mason and leafcutter bee cells from becoming a perennial pest of unmanaged ... «Michigan State University Extension, May 15»
Thorny problems: how can I deter leaf-cutting bees from devouring …
Once a leafcutter bee finds a plant that will provide suitable building material, it homes in on it; the visible evidence, though actually harmless to ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Mar 15»
In the Garden: Canada Blooms visit offers plenty of ideas for spring
I have two leafcutter bee cocoons with instructions on how to store them until spring when I can move the cocoons to a bee house in the garden ... «Waterloo Record, Mar 15»
US Bee Industry Plagued By Numerous Problems: Apiarists …
... of collapsing honey bee colonies by shifting some of its focus on solitary bees, such as the native mason bee and leafcutter bee. Dave Hunter ... «Tech Times, Mar 15»
Making gardens friendly to native pollinators
This leafcutter bee is one of about 400 species of bees native to Minnesota. It and other bee, beetle, moth, butterfly and fly species are ... «ECM Post Review, Jan 15»
Endangered species status review ordered for monarch butterfly
A monarch butterfly, a honey bee and an alfalfa leafcutter bee gather nectar from a showy milkweed. USDA NRCS photo. Related: Plant ... «Farm Futures, Jan 15»
Phillip Geertson remembered as farmer who did things his own way
Pat Geertson said his uncle was instrumental in the leafcutter bee industry in the 1970s because he built and patented machines that drilled ... «Capital Press, Dec 14»
Tar pit clues provide ice age news
Here are 3-D scans of leafcutter bee fossils unearthed at Rancho La Brea (top and side views at left). The scans offer fine details of the pupae ... «Science News for Students, Dec 14»
