Megachile Apocrita Hymenoptera Insecta

Discusses management, diseases, and the future of using these bees, in conjunction with honey bees, to pollinate Alfalfa crops in California.

• Current Status of the Alfalfa Leafcutting Bee Megachile rotundata, as a Pollinator of Alfalfa Seed - Discusses management, diseases, and the future of using these bees, megachile in conjunction with honey bees, to pollinate Alfalfa crops in megachile California.
• Megachilidae: Leafcutting Bees - Provides photographs and information on these bees, their hymenoptera distribution, description, biology, host plants, natural enemies and hymenoptera management.
• Megachile Species - Photographs of different species, mostly mounted.
• Megachile sp: Leafcutter Bee - Description of a bee in this genus and a photograph of its nest.
• Megachilidae - Information from Wikipedia on this family of solitary hymenoptera bees, commonly called leafcutter or mason bees depending hymenoptera on the material of which they construct their hymenoptera nests.
• Alfalfa Leafcutting Bee Biology and Management - Discusses lifecycle, management, and nesting activities.

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