Pollen provision records for three solitary bee species of Megachile Latreille and Heriades Spinola (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) in southwestern Montana

Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 195-202

  Jensen, Peter D ^a,b   O'Neill, Kevin M ^a   Lavin, Matthew ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alfalfa leafcutting bee; Heriades; Megachile; Pollen provisions; Trap nests

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; ASTERACEAE; FABACEAE; HERIADES; HYMENOPTERA; LILIOPSIDA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MEGACHILE; MEGACHILE LATIMANUS; MEGACHILE ROTUNDATA; MEGACHILIDAE;

EID: 0037692907     PISSN: 00138797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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