alkali bee

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alkali bee - a common solitary bee important for pollinating alfalfa in the western United States

Nomia melanderi

bee - any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species

genus Nomia, nomia - a genus of bee; some are important pollinators of legumes

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bee genus Nomia nomia Nomia melanderi			To complicate matters, there is mounting evidence that native bees (bumblebees, alkali bees, mason bees, carpenter bees, sweat bees, etc) and other pollinators like moths, butterflies, bats and humming birds are also in steep decline. Why are they dying? Every third bite of food we consume depends on ... by New Internationalist The alkali bee is a significant pollinator of the alfalfa seed crop in the northwestern United States; farmers encourage these bees to nest on their property by providing bare patches of salt-surfaced earth. Pollination panic: honeybees are in trouble. can native pollinators ... by DeWeerdt, Sarah / World Watch They had noticed that their crop yielded extra seed when planted near salt flats pockmarked with nesting holes from alkali bees (Nomia melanderi). Most bees live alone: no hives, no honey, but maybe help for crops by Milius, Susan / Science News			Alitrunk Aliturgical aliunde alive alive and kicking aliveness aliyah Alizari alizarin alizarin carmine alizarin crimson alizarin red alizarin yellow alizarine alizarine red alk. Alka-seltzer alkahest alkahestic Alkalamide alkalemia Alkalescence alkalescent alkali Alkali albumin alkali bee alkali feldspar alkali flat alkali grass Alkali green alkali metal alkali poisoning alkali soil Alkali waste alkalic Alkalifiable alkalify alkalimeter Alkalimetric alkalimetry alkaline alkaline earth Alkaline earths alkaline metal Alkaline metals Alkaline reaction alkaline soil alkaline-earth metal alkaline-loving alkalinise alkalinity			Alka-seltzer Alka-seltzer Alka-seltzer Alka-selzer Alka-selzer Alkadiene Alkadiene alkahest alkahestic alkahestical Alkaios Alkaios Alkalai, Judah ben Solomon Hai Alkalamide alkalemia alkalemia alkalemia alkalescence alkalescence alkalescence alkalescency alkalescency alkalescent alkalescent alkalescent alkali alkali alkali Alkali albumin alkali alcoholate alkali bee alkali blue alkali burn Alkali Carbonate Reaction alkali cellulose alkali chlorosis alkali denaturation test alkali denaturation test alkali denaturation test alkali denaturation test alkali denaturation test alkali disease alkali disease alkali disease Alkali earth element Alkali earth metal Alkali earth metals alkali emission alkali feldspar alkali feldspar alkali feldspars alkali feldspars Alkali Flame Ionization Detector Alkali Flat Alkali Flat alkali grass alkali grass Alkali green alkali ion diode alkali lake alkali lead

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