Megachilidae


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Noun1.Megachilidae - leaf-cutting and mason beesMegachilidae - leaf-cutting and mason bees    
family Megachilidae
arthropod family - any of the arthropods
Apoidea, superfamily Apoidea - bees
genus Megachile, Megachile - type genus of the Megachilidae: leaf-cutting bees
mason bee - any of numerous solitary bees that build nests of hardened mud and sand
Anthidium, genus Anthidium - potter bees
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Megachile lanata (F.) (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) is a polylectic pollinator that is native to India and northern Africa.
Range extension of Megachile lanata (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae), a non-native sunn hemp pollinator, in Florida
Larvae in the family Megachilidae have higher larval weights when fed increased sugar concentrations [49].
A Review of Native Wild Bee Nutritional Health
Goodell, "Food availability affects Osmia pumila (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) foraging, reproduction, and brood parasitism," Oecologia, vol.
Evidence for Interspecific Brood Parasite Detection and Removal in Burying Beetles
The family Apidae had the highest number of species (17) and individuals (516) followed by Megachilidae with nine (9) species with 60 individuals, Halictidae with eight (8) species with sixty-eight (68) individuals, and a single species from the family Colletidae that had only, with one (1) individual.
Distance Effects on Diversity and Abundance of the Flower Visitors of Ocimum kilimandscharicum in the Kakamega Forest Ecosystem. (Research Article)
The native Brazilian bee families that buzz-pollinate include Andrenidae, Apidae (except for Apis), Colletidae, Halictidae and Megachilidae (Buchmann and Hurley, 1978; Harter et al., 2002).
High species richness of native pollinators in Brazilian tomato crops/ Alta riqueza de especies de polinizadores nativos em plantacoes Brasileiras de tomateiro
(Family Apidae), the orchard mason bee, Osmia lignaria Say (Family Megachilidae), and two species of squash bees, Peponapis pruinosa Say and Xenoglossa strenua Cresson (Family Apidae), although nearly 500 species of bees inhabit the state (Burley, 2007).
Pollination Deficit in Apple Orchards at Murree, Pakistan
Of this total, the Apidae Family stood out with 99.00%, while the other Families (Andrenidae, Halictidae and Megachilidae) with percentages lower than 1%.
Biology of pollination of citRus sinensis variety 'Pera Rio'/ Biologia da polinizacao de Citrus sinensis variedade 'Pera Rio'
Sex and weight of Megachile rotundata (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) progeny associated with provision weights.
A LONG-TERM STUDY OF MALE TERRITORIALITY IN THE TARANTULA HAWK WASP (HEMIPEPSIS USTULATA; POMPILIDAE) IN CENTRAL ARIZONA
Nesting site density and distribution affects Osmia lignaria (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) reproductive success and almond yield in a commercial orchard.
Yield in almond is related more to the abundance of flowers than the relative number of flowers that set fruit
En total se recolectaron 1.976 abejas (896 en PO, 666 en PB y 430 en PP), agrupadas en 70 especies y 30 generos (Tabla 2) y distribuidas porcentualmente por familia de la siguiente manera: Halictidae (67,15%), Apidae (24,28%), Colletidae (5,71%), Megachilidae (1,42%) y Andrenidae (1,42%).
Efecto del arreglo espacial del agroecosistema sobre la diversidad de abejas (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) en cultivos de papa (Solanum tuberosum) en Antioquia, Colombia
Impact of currently used or potentially useful insecticides for canola agroecosystems on Bombus impatiens (Hymenoptera: Apidae), Megachile rot-undata (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) and Osmia lignaria (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae).
Efecto letal agudo de los insecticidas en formulacion comercial imidacloprid, spinosad y thiocyclam hidrogenoxalato en obreras de bombus atratus (hymenoptera: apidae)

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