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Osmia lignaria

Common names: North American bee

Taxonomy: Animalia > Arthropoda > Insecta > Hymenoptera > Megachilidae

Roles: study subject, pollinator, referenced species

ITIS TSN: 715574

Synonyms: Osmia spp., Male Osmia, Female Osmia, O. lignaria, Osmia lignaria

External: RMBL Collections · iNaturalist · iDigBio · GenBank

Papers: 34 | Mentions: 37

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 72 entities)

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Publications (36)

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Shorter seasonal snow cover poses a risk to solitary bee populations in a mountainous ecosystem

2025Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological SciencesRole: text_match

student_paper

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

2024Role: text_match

student_paper

How season length and diet breadth limit mason bee success across an elevational gradient

2023Role: study subject

thesis

Co-occurring Species

Hymenoptera

34 shared papers

solitary bees

32 shared papers

Megachilidae

Megachilidae32 shared papers

Megachile

Megachilidae25 shared papers

Apis mellifera

Apidae25 shared papers

Osmia mason bees

Megachilidae22 shared papers

Bombus

Apidae22 shared papers

Asteraceae

Asteraceae19 shared papers

Hoplitis

Megachilidae15 shared papers

Beetles

15 shared papers

article

Global Warming, Advancing Bloom and Evidence for Pollinator Plasticity from Long-Term Bee Emergence Monitoring

2021InsectsRole: text_match

student_paper

Impacts of brood parasites, floral abundance, and bee age on maternal investment in a solitary bee, Osmia iridis

2021Role: text_match

article

Understanding pollen specialization in mason bees: a case study of six species

2021OecologiaRole: text_match

article

Bee phenology is predicted by climatic variation and functional traits

2020Ecology LettersRole: text_match

article

Towards a U.S. national program for monitoring native bees

2020Biological Conservation doi 10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108821Role: text_match

article

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

thesis

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

2018Role: text_match

student_paper

Nesting Preferences of Osmia Bees in the Rocky Mountains

2018Role: referenced species

article

Nesting aggregation as a predictor of brood parasitism in mason bees (Osmia spp.)

2018Ecological EntemologyRole: text_match

article

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

2017EcologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Selection for early reproduction in the solitary bee Hoplitis fulgida

2017Role: text_match

article

Asteraceae pollen provisions protect Osmia mason bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) from brood parasitism

2016American NaturalistRole: text_match

thesis

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

2016Role: text_match

student_paper

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

2016Role: text_match

student_paper

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

2014Role: text_match

article

Secondary compounds in floral rewards of toxic rangeland plants: impacts on pollinators

2014Journal of Agricultural and Food ChemistryRole: generalist pollinator; test su

article

Dose-dependent effects of nectar alkaloids in a montane plant-pollinator community

2013Journal of EcologyRole: text_match

article

Maintenance of temporal synchrony between syrphid flies and floral resources despite differential phenological responses to climate

2013Global Change BiologyRole: text_match

student_paper

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

2012Role: text_match

article

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

2011Ecological MonographsRole: text_match

article

Seasonal change in a pollinator community and the maintenance of style length variation in Mertensia fusiformis (Boraginaceae)

2011Annals of BotanyRole: pollinator

thesis

Plant–Pollinator interactions in a changing climate

2010Role: text_match

article

Toward a synthetic understanding of the role of phenology in ecology and evolution

2010Phil. Trans. R. Soc. BRole: text_match

student_paper

Is there a positive correlation between bee size and size parameters of the flowers the bees visit for pollen to provision their nests?

2009Role: text_match

article

Nectar sugar limits larval growth of solitary bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)

2009Environmental EntomologyRole: text_match

article

Effect of larval body size on overwinter survival and emerging adult size in the burying beetle, Nicrophorus investigator

2002Canadian Journal of ZoologyRole: text_match

article

Altitudinal variation in body size and population density of Nicrophorus investigator (Coleoptera: Silphidae)

2000Environmental EntomologyRole: text_match

article

Generalization in pollination systems, and why it matters

1996EcologyRole: study subject

Osmia lignaria

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 72 entities)

Publications (36)

Shorter seasonal snow cover poses a risk to solitary bee populations in a mountainous ecosystem

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

How season length and diet breadth limit mason bee success across an elevational gradient

The causes and consequences of pollen defence

The causes and consequences of pollen defence

Tritrophic mutualisms in a changing climate

Tritrophic mutualisms in a changing climate

Demographic Consequences of Phenological Shifts in Response to Climate Change

Co-occurring Species

Hymenoptera

solitary bees

Megachilidae

Megachile

Apis mellifera

Osmia mason bees

Bombus

Asteraceae

Hoplitis

Beetles

Global Warming, Advancing Bloom and Evidence for Pollinator Plasticity from Long-Term Bee Emergence Monitoring

Impacts of brood parasites, floral abundance, and bee age on maternal investment in a solitary bee, <i> Osmia iridis </i>

Understanding pollen specialization in mason bees: a case study of six species

Bee phenology is predicted by climatic variation and functional traits

Towards a U.S. national program for monitoring native bees

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

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

Nesting Preferences of Osmia Bees in the Rocky Mountains

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

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

Selection for early reproduction in the solitary bee <i>Hoplitis fulgida</i>

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

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

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

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

Secondary compounds in floral rewards of toxic rangeland plants: impacts on pollinators

Dose-dependent effects of nectar alkaloids in a montane plant-pollinator community

Maintenance of temporal synchrony between syrphid flies and floral resources despite differential phenological responses to climate

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

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

Seasonal change in a pollinator community and the maintenance of style length variation in Mertensia fusiformis (Boraginaceae)

Plant–Pollinator interactions in a changing climate

Toward a synthetic understanding of the role of phenology in ecology and evolution

Is there a positive correlation between bee size and size parameters of the flowers the bees visit for pollen to provision their nests?

Nectar sugar limits larval growth of solitary bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)

Effect of larval body size on overwinter survival and emerging adult size in the burying beetle, <i>Nicrophorus investigator</i>

Altitudinal variation in body size and population density of <i>Nicrophorus investigator</i> (Coleoptera: Silphidae)

Generalization in pollination systems, and why it matters