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solitary nesting.
Several genera and
species of
halictids are
kleptoparasites of
other bees (mostly
other halictids or bees of
similar size). The
behavior has...
- in 1966 by
Suzanne Batra, who used it to
describe nesting behavior in
Halictid bees, on a
scale of subsocial/solitary, colonial/communal, semisocial,...
-
appears to have
originated from at
least three independent origins in
halictid bees. The most
advanced of
these are
species with
eusocial colonies; these...
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their native areas,
their traditional pollinators (probably a
species of
halictid bee) did not move with them. The
trait of self-fertility
became an advantage...
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Extinct in the wild (EW): 1
species Critically endangered (CR): 195
species Endangered (EN): 343
species Vulnerable (VU): 608
species Near threatened...
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Scopa of a
Halictid bee; the
entire hind leg and
abdomen carry pollen...
-
Extinct in the wild (EW): 1
species Critically endangered (CR): 195
species Endangered (EN): 343
species Vulnerable (VU): 608
species Near threatened...
- hummingbird,
while many
types of
birds like to nest in the
dense foliage.
Halictid bees, flies, and ants also feed on the
nectar of the plant's extra-floral...
- bees are the
primary pollinators,
including Megachile campanulae, but
halictid bees, butterflies, and
skippers may also act as pollinators. Tall Bellflowers...
-
kleptoparasite of the
melittid genus Hesperapis,
whereas the
other species in the same
genus attack halictid bees. The Bees of the World, C. D.
Michener (2000)...
