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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Pensoft Publishers
2019-12-01
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Series: | Journal of Hymenoptera Research |
Online Access: | https://jhr.pensoft.net/article/39191/download/pdf/ |