Skip to content viewer section. Abstract Bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) are critical to crop production globally. In the last decade, significant declines in managed and native bee health have been ...

The Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of Coimbra (FCTUC) has launched a technical book for identifying bee ...

these bees construct their nests close together and forage within ... When it is time to mate, the males emerge first, explains Dr Joseph Monks, Curator of Hymenoptera at the Museum. 'Up to several ...

Most hymenoptera are not eusocial, but this social system has arisen multiple times within the group. It is found in some bees (Apidae) and wasps (Ross & Matthews 1991) — with separate origins ...

The insects involved included flying hymenoptera (bees; 49%), imported fire ants (38%), scorpions (4%), and unidentified insects (8%). Worrisome respiratory reactions, including swelling of the ...

The Museum houses one of the largest collections of Hymenoptera in the world. The collection is of global cultural, scientific and historic significance and comprises of approximately 3.5 million ...

Social behavior in insects, kin recognition system of honey bees, nest defense in honey bees, and social biology of the giant tropical ant. Kin recognition studies are designed to examine the various ...

The velvet ant is the first known ultra-black species of the order Hymenoptera, which includes over 150,000 species of ants, wasps, sawflies, and bees. It’s a rare coloring in the wild ...