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    Xylocopa virginica, sometimes referred to as the eastern carpenter bee, extends through the eastern United States and into Canada. They are sympatric with...
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    Carpenter bees are species in the genus Xylocopa of the subfamily Xylocopinae. The genus includes some 500 bees in 31 subgenera. The common name "carpenter...
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    Sataspes xylocoparis, the eastern carpenter-bee hawkmoth, is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from north-eastern India, Bhutan, northern...
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    Xenox tigrinus (redirect from Tiger bee fly)
    The tiger bee fly, Xenox tigrinus, is an insect of the family Bombyliidae (bee flies) found in the eastern United States and southern Ontario. It formerly...
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    valley carpenter bee or Hawaiian carpenter bee, is a species of carpenter bee found from western Texas to northern California, and the eastern Pacific...
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    for its superficial similarity to the carpenter bee genus Xylocopa Its range is the United States from eastern Texas to southeast Pennsylvania. "Megachile"...
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    known as the southern carpenter bee, is a species of bee within Xylocopa, the genus of carpenter bees. The southern carpenter bee can be found mainly in...
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    of the flower to reach the nectary directly, such as carpenter bees and secondarily honey bees (who consume nectar from holes made by others), as well...
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    Bees can suffer serious effects from toxic chemicals in their environments. These include various synthetic chemicals, particularly insecticides, as well...
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    composed of older colonies surrounded by younger colonies. The Eastern carpenter bee, Xylocopa virginica, is unique in that individuals of that species...
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    highest point with their feet while applying the scent. In the Eastern carpenter bee, Xylocopa virginica, both sexes have glands that evolved for marking...
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    Hymenoptera: European honey bee (Apis mellifera state insect), American bumblebee (Bombus pensylvanicus), eastern carpenter bee (Xylocopa virginica), red...
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    territory to mate. Another example of this conflict can be found in the Eastern carpenter bee, Xylocopa virginica. Males of this species are limited in reproduction...
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    Apidae (redirect from Social bee)
    includes stingless bees (also used for honey production), carpenter bees, orchid bees, cuckoo bees, and a number of other less widely known groups. Many are...
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  • Thumbnail for Xylocopa darwini
    Galápagos carpenter bee, is the only native species of bee in the Galápagos Islands, to which it is endemic. Altogether, only three species of bee are found...
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    (Erynnis juvenalis) and snowberry clearwing (Hemaris diffinis) and the eastern carpenter bee (Xylocopa virginica). Research suggests the plant is not pollinated...
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    (Black-and-yellow Mud Dauber), Apis mellifera (Western Honey Bee), Xylocopa virginica (Eastern Carpenter Bee), Pseudomyrmex gracilis (Graceful Twig Ant), Solenopsis...
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  • Thumbnail for Sataspes tagalica
    Sataspes tagalica, the brilliant carpenter-bee hawkmoth, is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1875...
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    digger bee species Anthophora terminalis and the bumblebee species Bombus fervidus, Bombus griseocollis, and Bombus impatiens. The eastern carpenter bee (Xylocopa...
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    Xylocopa bombylans, the peacock carpenter bee, is a species of carpenter bee found in Australia. It gets its common name by its habit of burrowing into...
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  • Thumbnail for Apis cerana
    Apis cerana, the eastern honey bee, Asiatic honey bee or Asian honey bee, is a species of honey bee native to South, Southeast and East Asia. This species...
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  • Thumbnail for Xylocopa appendiculata
    Xylocopa appendiculata is a species of carpenter bee in the family Apidae. It originates from eastern Asia and was first found in the United States in...
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  • Eastern carpenter bee, Xylocopa virginica Morrison's bumble bee, Bombus morrisoni American bumble bee, Bombus pensylvanicus Black-and-gold bumble bee...
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    individual cells for its brood that are separated by mud dividers. Unlike carpenter bees, it cannot drill holes in wood. O. lignaria is a common species used...
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    patrolling their territories. Golden northern bumble bee Oriental carpenter bee European wool carder bee Among the social wasps, Stenogastrinae are known...
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    Ceratina (redirect from Small carpenter bee)
    The cosmopolitan bee genus Ceratina, often referred to as small carpenter bees, is the sole lineage of the tribe Ceratinini, and is not closely related...
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    pollinators are the southern plain bumble bees, the sweat bees, eastern carpenter bees, two-spotted bumble bees. Studies on Mycorrhizal associations for...
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    hollow twigs but can be in abandoned nests of wood-boring beetles or carpenter bees, in snail shells, under bark, or in other small protected cavities....
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  • Thumbnail for Cercis canadensis
    The flowers are pollinated by long-tongued bees such as blueberry bees and carpenter bees. Short-tongued bees cannot reach the nectaries. The fruit are...
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  • Thumbnail for Ceratina cyanea
    Ceratina cyanea, common name blue carpenter bee, is a species of bee belonging to the family Apidae, subfamily Xylocopinae. This species is present in...
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