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cavity-nesting bees — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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cavity-nesting bees

Scope: general ecology

Papers: 4 | Mentions: 4

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Knowledge graph centered on cavity-nesting bees with 70 nodes and 164 connections. Top connected: Hummingbird, Bombus, Ligusticum porteri, Bombus terrestris, Bombus appositus.

Definition

Solitary bee species that construct nests in pre-existing cavities in wood, stems, or artificial structures rather than excavating ground nests

Related Terms (4)

trap-nesting beeswood-nesting beessolitary beeswood nesting

Publications (4)

Up high, hot and dry: Individual reproductive output in subalpine bees declines with increasing drought severity

2025Global Change Biologymeasured

Phenological drivers and consequences for solitary bees

Effects of weather and floral density on foraging activity of cavity nesting bees (<i> Osmia </i>spp.)

There's no place like home: Investigating the ideal nesting requirements of Megachilidae bees in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado

Related Concepts (10)

phenological mismatch

phenomenon3 shared papers

foraging efficiency

measurement2 shared papers

climate change effects on species interactions

theory1 shared paper

lifetime reproductive success

metric1 shared paper

drought severity

measurement1 shared paper

individual fitness

measurement1 shared paper

floral resources

measurement1 shared paper

climate-mediated indirect effects

process1 shared paper

structural equation modeling

model type1 shared paper

floral abundance

measurement1 shared paper

Frequently Associated Species

Osmiini

Megachilidae4 papers

Osmia

Megachilidae4 papers

Apis mellifera

Asteraceae

Asteraceae3 papers

Bombus

Bombus appositus

B. vosnesenskii

Ligusticum porteri

Apiaceae2 papers

Megachile

Megachilidae2 papers

Spruce