Flower use by late nineteenth-century orchid bees (Eufriesea surinamensis, Hymenoptera, Apidae) nesting in the Catedral Basílica Santa María la Antigua de Panamá

A recent restoration of the Basilica Cathedral in Casco Viejo, Panamá, revealed that prior to 1871–1876 female orchid bees (Eufriesea surinamensis) built large nesting aggregations high above the main altar, based on physical evidence dating to a nineteenth-century restoration. Bees constructed cell...

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Main Authors: Paola Galgani-Barraza, Jorge Enrique Moreno, Sofia Lobo, Wendy Tribaldos, David W. Roubik, William T. Wcislo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2019-12-01
Series:Journal of Hymenoptera Research
Online Access:https://jhr.pensoft.net/article/39191/download/pdf/