Aggressive eviction of the eastern carpenter bee (Xylocopa virginica (Linnaeus)) from its nest by the giant resin bee (Megachile sculpturalis Smith)

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 387-388

  Roulston, T'Ai ^a   Malfi, Rosemary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BEE; ENTOMOLOGY; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; NEST SITE;

APOIDEA; MEGACHILE; XYLOCOPA VIRGINICA; XYLOCOPINAE;

EID: 84875412262     PISSN: 00228567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2317/0022-8567-85.4.387     Document Type: Article

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3. Mangum, W. A., and R. W. Brooks. 1997. First records of Megachile (Callomegachile) sculpturalis Smith (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) in the continental United States. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 70:140-142.
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