Development of a multiplex microsatellite marker set for the study of the solitary red mason bee, Osmia bicornis (Megachilidae).
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DOI: 10.1007/s11033-021-06796-x
Abstract: BACKGROUND Solitary bees, such as the red mason bee (Osmia bicornis), provide important ecosystem services including pollination. In the face of global declines of pollinator abundance, such haplodiploid Hymenopterans have a compounded extinction risk due… read more here.
Keywords: mason bee; osmia bicornis; red mason; osmia ... See more keywords
Establishment of the non-native horned-face bee Osmia cornifrons and the taurus mason bee Osmia taurus (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) in Canada
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DOI: 10.7717/peerj.14216
Abstract: Established populations of the non-native horned-face bee, Osmia cornifrons (Radoszkowski, 1887), and the taurus mason bee, Osmia taurus Smith, 1873 (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae), have been identified from Canada for the first time. In the US, the… read more here.
Keywords: mason bee; bee osmia; taurus; non native ... See more keywords