Bee species of Nova Scotia, Canada, with new records and notes on bionomics and floral relations (Hymenoptera: Apoidea)

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 357-384

  Sheffield, Cory S ^a,b   Kevan, Peter G ^a   Smith, Robert F ^b   Rigby, Susan M ^b   Rogers, Richard E L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b Agriculture and Agri Food Canada Kentville   (Canada)

^c Wildwood Labs Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apoidea; Bees; Bionomics; Floral relations; Insecta; Nova Scotia

Indexed keywords

BEE; FAUNISTICS; HOST PLANT; NEW RECORD; POLLINATION; SPECIES INVENTORY; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

CANADA;

AGAPOSTEMON; AGAPOSTEMON VIRESCENS; ANDRENIDAE; ANIMALIA; ANTHOPHORA; ANTHOPHORA FURCATA; APIDAE; APOIDEA; BOMBUS IMPATIENS; CALLIOPSIS; COLLETES; COLLETIDAE; HALICTIDAE; HEXAPODA; HOPLITIS; HYLAEUS MODESTUS; HYMENOPTERA; IMPATIENS; INSECTA; LUEHEIA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MEGACHILE; MEGACHILIDAE; MELANDRENA; MELITTIDAE; OSMIA; PERDITA; PROSOPIS; PYROBOMBUS;

EID: 0037515675     PISSN: 00228567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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