At a time when nature conservation has become essential to ensure the long-term
sustainability of our environment, it is widely acknowledged that conservation actions must …

We record 392 species or morphospecies of bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) for Manitoba,
Canada, which is 154 more species than reported in 2015 and includes five new generic …

Brood parasites (also known as cleptoparasites) represent a substantial fraction of global
bee diversity. Rather than constructing their own nests, these species instead invade those …

Research studies and conservation actions aimed at improving conditions for bees require a
basic understanding of which species are present in a given region. The US state of …

A portable, full-color photographic guide to the most commonly seen bees in the western
United States and Canada Bees play a vitally important role in the pollination of native …

A new species of bumble bee-mimicking brood parasitic bee, Tetralonioidella mimetica Orr
& Zhu, sp. nov., is described from China. The systematic placement of this species was …

Bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) are vital components of global ecosystems, yet knowledge of
their distribution is limited in many regions. Washington state is located in an ecologically …

To date, the knowledge of bee diversity in the Baja California Peninsula has primarily relied
on large, sporadic expeditions from the first half of the 20 th century. To address the …

Cases of partially albinic specimens of cleptoparasitic bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae:
Nomadinae) in which the pubescence lacks the usual pigmentation are presented and …

Wild bees are a diverse group of important pollinators, yet several aspects of their biology
remain understudied. In particular, baseline data on the diversity and geographic ranges of …