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Male territorial behaviour of the endemic large carpenter bee, Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) ogasawarensis (Hymenoptera: Apidae), on the oceanic Ogasawara Islands
European Journal of Entomology; 1/1/2008; Sugiura, Shinji; 787 words
; ... flower-visiting behaviour, interference, Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) ogasawarensis, flower ... Abstract. The endemic large carpenter bee, Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) ogasawarensis Matsumura ... 2007). Large carpenter bees of the genus Xylocopa Latreille (Hymenoptera: Api-dae) are ...
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A bee? More like a B52 ; EDITORIAL & OPINION
The Independent - London; 3/19/2007; Charles Nevin; 123 words
; ... carpenter bee, reported in this newspaper on Saturday by Mr McCarthy, our environment editor, was not a happy one. Besides the Xylocopa violacea, left, being further evidence of climate change, and a possible explanation for the decline in native numbers - well ...
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Carpenter bees can be a real nuisance.
Countryside & Small Stock Journal; 1/1/2001; Jacobson, Cheri; 331 words
; ... 1950s log home and we caulk where we see the bees coming in, but it doesn't stop them for long. These could be carpenter bees (Xylocopa), which are not social insects and they live only one year. This bee is a large insect with a hairy yellow thorax and shiny ...
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Unsung heroines of pollination
Natural History; 5/1/1997; Batra, Suzanne; 787 words
; ... so rapidly that they literally "buzz" the pollen out of the flowers. Carpenter bees Big and solitary, carpenter bees (genus Xylocopa) resemble bumblebees but are not closely related to them. Most are tropical; only eight species live in North America, where ...
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Box Heart Gallery exhibit runs gamut of sacred interpretations
Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review; 7/26/2007; Kurt Shaw; 785 words
; ... fertilization, and the rites of spring as an argument that the sacred and sensual are intertwined. In his cast resin sculpture "Xylocopa Virginica," which is complete with real carpenter bees, Petrea proves that there is a sacred aspect to all living things ...
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