Tag Archive for 'Halictidae'

A female sweat bee Megalopta genalis. Scale bar - 2 mm. Image credit: Ajay Narendra.

Study: Nocturnal Sweat Bees Able to Distinguish Dorsal Landmarks during Homing

Jun 18, 2021 by News Staff

The sweat bee Megalopta genalis, a Neotropical nocturnal bee species that navigates under the forest canopy at light intensities 10 times dimmer than starlight,...

Head of a female of Lasioglossum dorchini. Image credit: Nahal Alexander / A. Pauly.

New Species of Wild Bee Discovered in Israel

Jan 11, 2021 by Enrico de Lazaro

An international team of scientists has discovered a new species of the bee genus Lasioglossum living in sand dunes in Israel. Head of a female of Lasioglossum...

McFrederick et al isolated three previously unknown bacterial species from wild bees and flowers. Image credit: Gail Hampshire / CC BY 2.0.

Symbiotic Lactobacillus Bacteria May Help Wild Bees Nourish Their Offspring

Apr 18, 2018 by News Staff

A team of scientists from the University of California, Riverside (UCR) has identified three new species of bacteria — Lactobacillus micheneri, L....