scholarly journals Dynamics of nest occupation and homing of solitary bees in painted trap nests

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel Boff ◽  
Anna Friedel
Keyword(s):  
Solitary Bees ◽  
Trap Nests

Four new species of Australian velvet ants (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae, Aglaotilla) reared from bee and wasp nests, with a review of Australian mutillid host records

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4609 (2) ◽  
pp. 201 ◽  
Author(s):  
CHRISTOPHER K. TAYLOR ◽  
MARK V. MURPHY ◽  
YVETTE HITCHEN ◽  
DENIS J. BROTHERS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Dna Barcoding ◽  
Solitary Bees ◽  
Type Material ◽  
Trap Nests ◽  
Southwest Australia ◽  
Solitary Bees And Wasps ◽  
Wasp Nests

Four species of velvet ants (Mutillidae) were reared from nests of solitary bees and wasps collected using trap nests in southwest Australia and identified using morphological and DNA barcoding approaches. All four species, Aglaotilla micra sp. nov., A. lathronymphos sp. nov., A. chalcea sp. nov. and A. schadophaga sp. nov., are described as new, the last three from both sexes. A. micra, A. lathronymphos and A. chalcea are parasitoids of wasps in the genera Pison and Aulacophilinus (Crabronidae), with A. chalcea also recorded from Paralastor (Vespidae). Aglaotilla schadophaga is a parasitoid of bees in the genus Megachile (Megachilidae). The biologies and known hosts of Australian Mutillidae are reviewed. Photographs are also provided of type material for Ephutomorpha aeneidorsis Turner, 1914 (=Aglaotilla discolor Brothers, 2018), Mutilla metallica Smith, 1855 and Ephutomorpha subelegans Rayment, 1933. The lectotype of E. subelegans is formally designated. 

Effects of location, direction, altitude, and placement of trap nests on the rate of trap-nesting of Osmia solitary bees

2015 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 695-700 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyung Joo Yoon ◽  
Kyeong Yong Lee ◽  
Sun Young Kim ◽  
Young Bo Lee ◽  
Namjung Kim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solitary Bees ◽  
Trap Nests

Effect of shading on trap nest utilization by hole-nesting aculeate Hymenoptera

2004 ◽  
Vol 136 (6) ◽  
pp. 889-891 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hisatomo Taki ◽  
Jeffrey W. Boone ◽  
Blandina F. Viana ◽  
Fabiana O. Silva ◽  
Peter G. Kevan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Biological Control ◽  
Experimental Study ◽  
Environmental Assessment ◽  
Natural Enemies ◽  
Solitary Bees ◽  
Trap Nests ◽  
Tree Holes ◽  
Trap Nest

For many years, trap nests have been used to study hole-nesting bees and wasps (aculeate Hymenoptera) and to monitor their diversity and abundance (Krombein 1967; Danks 1971; Godfrey and Hilton 1983; Frankie et al. 1998). Trap nests are valuable for environmental assessment (Tscharntke et al. 1998) and for agriculture through improved pollination by bees (Bosch 1994; Stubbs et al. 1997; Hallett 2001) and biological control by wasps (Harris 1994). Frankie et al. (1988) indicated that shaded environments might be preferred habitats for some solitary bees that use tree holes for nesting. Shading could offer protection from natural enemies as well as wind, rain, and sunlight, resulting in stabilized humidity and temperature. As far as we are aware, ours is the first experimental study to consider the effect of shading of trap nests.

scholarly journals Trap-nesting Bees Communities from Protected Areas of Atlantic Forest, Southeastern Brazil

Sociobiology ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
pp. 306
Author(s):  
Guaraci Cordeiro ◽  
Samuel Boff ◽  
Isabel Alves-dos-Santos
Keyword(s):  
Protected Areas ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Forest Cover ◽  
Landscape Composition ◽  
Solitary Bees ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Native Forest ◽  
Nesting Biology ◽  
Trap Nests ◽  
Accumulated Rainfall

The solitary bees that use preexisting cavities can be captured in trap-nests allowing to collect data on nesting biology and associated organisms. This man-made trap-nest facilitates the understanding of environmental components and landscape composition in the fauna of solitary bees. Here, we aimed to increase the knowledge about trap-nesting bee species from four protected areas Atlantic Forest in southeastern Brazil and to test how abiotic local environmental components (temperature and rainfall) and forest cover affects the trap-nesting bee fauna. We recorded occupants from 847 nests founded by 17 bee species and seven cleptoparasite bees, associated to their host, summing 24 bee species sampled. The family with highest species richness was Megachilidae, and the species with the largest number of founded nests was Tetrapedia diversipes Klug (Apidae). Diptera, coleoptera, and hymenoptera parasitized 15.2% of the founded nests. The period of highest nest occupation occurred between November and February, which correspond to the warmest and most humid months in the region. We found significant positive correlation between the number of nests and monthly accumulated rainfall. We verified that Boraceia and Ilhabela have the best status conservation based on native forest cover and we sampled the highest diversity of species in these areas. We improved the knowledge on trap-nesting bees communities from Atlantic Forest on new species sampled in this biome with their nesting biology and highlighted that rainfall influences positively the nest founding throughout the year and native forest cover influences diversity of species.

scholarly journals Nesting, Sex Ratio and Natural Enemies of the Giant Resin Bee in Relation to Native Species in Europe

Insects ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 545
Author(s):  
Sara Straffon Díaz ◽  
Luca Carisio ◽  
Aulo Manino ◽  
Paolo Biella ◽  
Marco Porporato
Keyword(s):  
Sex Ratio ◽  
Natural Enemies ◽  
Native Species ◽  
Wild Bees ◽  
Trap Nests ◽  
Native Bee ◽  
New Locations ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Set Up ◽  
North Western

Megachile sculpturalis (Smith, 1853) is the first exotic bee species in Europe. Its remarkably fast expansion across this continent is leading to a growing concern on the extent of negative impacts to the native fauna. To evaluate the interactions of exotic bees with local wild bees, we set up trap nests for above-ground nesting bees on a semi-urban area of north-western Italy. We aimed to investigate the interaction in artificial traps between the exotic and native wild bees and to assess offspring traits accounting for exotic bee fitness: progeny sex ratio and incidence of natural enemies. We found that the tunnels occupied by exotic bees were already cohabited by O. cornuta, and thus the cells of later nesting alien bees may block the native bee emergence for the next year. The progeny sex ratio of M. sculpturalis was strongly unbalanced toward males, indicating a temporary adverse population trend in the local invaded area. In addition, we documented the presence of three native natural enemies affecting the brood of the exotic bee. Our results bring out new insights on how the M. sculpturalis indirectly competes with native species and on its performance in new locations.

scholarly journals Distribution and predictors of wing shape and size variability in three sister species of solitary bees

PLoS ONE ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. e0173109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Dellicour ◽  
Maxence Gerard ◽  
Jérôme G. Prunier ◽  
Alexandre Dewulf ◽  
Michael Kuhlmann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solitary Bees ◽  
Wing Shape ◽  
Sister Species ◽  
Size Variability ◽  
Shape And Size

scholarly journals Isodontia Mexicana (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae), a New Invasive Wasp Species in the Fauna of Ukraine Reared from Trap-Nests in the Crimea

2014 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 185-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. V. Fateryga ◽  
Yu. V. Protsenko ◽  
V. Yu. Zhidkov
Keyword(s):  
Invasive Species ◽  
North American ◽  
Southern Coast ◽  
Wasp Species ◽  
Positive Identification ◽  
Trap Nests ◽  
The Crimea ◽  
Adult Wasp ◽  
First Time

Abstract Isodontia mexicana (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae), a New Invasive Wasp Species in the Fauna of Ukraine Reared from Trap-Nests in the Crimea. Fateryga, A. V., Protsenko, Yu. V., Zhidkov, V. Yu. - Th e North American wasp Isodontia mexicana was found for the first time in Ukraine in trap-nests operated near Pushkino (southern coast of the Crimea) in 2012. Th ree nests contained five cocoons, from which only one adult wasp emerged in 2013, allowing the positive identification; other cocoons were either empty (one) or destroyed by Melittobia acasta (three). Such a find of a newly established invasive species in Ukraine represents the easternmost point in its European range and possibly the most remarkable jump-dispersal event in its distribution.

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