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Megachile rotundata (alfalfa leafcutting bee) — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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Megachile rotundata

Common names: alfalfa leafcutting bee

Taxonomy: Animalia > Arthropoda > Insecta > Hymenoptera > Megachilidae

Roles: study subject

ITIS TSN: 1160534

External: RMBL Collections · iNaturalist · iDigBio · GenBank

Papers: 14 | Mentions: 14

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Knowledge graph centered on Megachile rotundata with 71 nodes and 201 connections. Top connected: Bombus, Ligusticum porteri, Delphinium, Bombus terrestris, Bombus appositus.

Publications (14)

Solitary bee genera differ in foraging activity timing and temperature; Evidence of a seasonal dietary shift in Hoplitis fulgida

2024Role: study subject

Bumble bee queen plasticity and social regulation of traits

2022Role: text_match

Effects of Temperature on Voltinism in Subalpine Potter Wasps (Vespidae: Eumeninae)

2022Role: text_match

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

2019Role: text_match

Two-year bee or not two-year bee? How voltinism is affected by temperature and season length in a high-elevation solitary bee

2019American NaturalistRole: text_match

Examining the impact of pollen diet composition on bee development and lifespan

2018Role: text_match

Nesting Preferences of Osmia Bees in the Rocky Mountains

2018Role: text_match

Direct benefits and indirect costs of warm temperatures for high-elevation populations of a solitary bee

Co-occurring Species

Osmia

Megachilidae14 shared papers

Megachile

Megachilidae14 shared papers

Osmiini

Megachilidae13 shared papers

Bombus

Apidae9 shared papers

Ligusticum porteri

Apiaceae9 shared papers

Apoidea

Stenotritidae9 shared papers

Bombus terrestris

Apidae9 shared papers

Osmia lignaria

Megachilidae8 shared papers

Osmia iridis

Megachilidae8 shared papers

Apis mellifera

Apidae8 shared papers

2017

Ecology

Role: text_match

Asteraceae pollen provisions protect <i>Osmia</i> mason bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) from brood parasitism

2016American NaturalistRole: text_match

Nesting aggregation as a determinant of brood parasitism in mason bees (<i>Osmia</i> spp.)

2016Role: text_match

Use of Low Quality Pollen by Asteraceae-Specialist Osmia Mason Bees (<i>Hymenoptera: Megachilidae</i>)

2016Role: text_match

Asteraceae pollen specialization affects vulnerability to brood parasitism in mason bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae).

2014Role: text_match

An examination of synchrony between insect emergence and flowering in Rocky Mountain meadows

2011Ecological MonographsRole: text_match

Parental investment in burying beetles (<i>Nicrophorus investigator</i>): influence of seasonal timing and prior experience and efficacy of minimally guided instructional strategies in K-12 and undergraduate science classrooms: a meta-analysis

2011Role: text_match