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	NESTING BEHAVIOR AND BIOLOGY OF BLUE BANDED BEE, AMIGELLA MUCOREA (HYMENOPTERA: APIDAE) IN THE SANDY DESERT ECOSYSTEM
	Bashir, Muhammad Amjad 1; Saeed, Shafqat 2; Sajjad, Asif 3; Arif, Muhammad 1; Batool, Munaza 6; Noreen, Mamoona 4; Alghanem, Suliman Mohammed 5
通讯作者	Bashir, Muhammad Amjad
来源期刊	FRESENIUS ENVIRONMENTAL BULLETIN
ISSN	1018-4619
EISSN	1610-2304
出版年	2020
卷号	29 期号:1 页码:114-120
英文摘要	Blue-banded bee, Amigella mucorea Klug (Hymenoptera: Apidae), is medium-large, pubescent, long-tongued bee having the ability of buzz pollination and found in different parts of the world and remains active during warmer condition. Because of its ability of buzz pollinator, it is considered as an alternative of bumble bee along with Xylocopa sp. and less aggressive also having the ability to attract towards artificial nesting. Keeping in view the importance of this bee, present study was designed to explore the nesting behavior and biology of the A. mucorea by using simple mud bricks in the sandy desert ecosystem, where there was a significant population was examined. By providing two holes on each brick for facilitation of the bee and also bricks were preserved from wind and rain. Observation showed that bees were attracted to the artificial nests and remains active for formation of tunnels from morning to till evening. Females were attracted to these cells throughout the nesting season. A nest-seeking female stayed near the bricks for up to 15-20 min at a time before flying away to return after several to many minutes to resume searching. Females which had made previous nests at the site selected a hole fairly quickly, usually in 0.75-3 hours, but newcomers took longer, in one case more than a day. Each female entered several too many holes, some more than once, before starting to make a nest.
英文关键词	Blue banded bees non-Apis bees nesting behavior biology
类型	Article
语种	英语
国家	Pakistan ; Saudi Arabia ; India
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000509426700014
WOS关键词	POLLINATION
WOS类目	Environmental Sciences
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
EI主题词	2020-01-01
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/311990
作者单位	1.Ghazi Univ Dera Ghazi Khan, Fac Agr Sci, Dept Plant Protect, Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab, Pakistan; 2.Muhammad Nawaz Sharif Agr Univ, Dept Entomol, Multan, Pakistan; 3.Islamia Univ, Coll Agr, Dept Entomol, Bahawalpur, Pakistan; 4.Women Univ Multan, Dept Zool, Multan, Pakistan; 5.Univ Tabuk, Fac Sci, Dept Biol, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia; 6.Ghazi Univ Dera Ghazi Khan, Fac Agr Sci, Dept Soil & Environm Sci, Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab, India
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Bashir, Muhammad Amjad,Saeed, Shafqat,Sajjad, Asif,et al. NESTING BEHAVIOR AND BIOLOGY OF BLUE BANDED BEE, AMIGELLA MUCOREA (HYMENOPTERA: APIDAE) IN THE SANDY DESERT ECOSYSTEM[J],2020,29(1):114-120.
APA	Bashir, Muhammad Amjad.,Saeed, Shafqat.,Sajjad, Asif.,Arif, Muhammad.,Batool, Munaza.,...&Alghanem, Suliman Mohammed.(2020).NESTING BEHAVIOR AND BIOLOGY OF BLUE BANDED BEE, AMIGELLA MUCOREA (HYMENOPTERA: APIDAE) IN THE SANDY DESERT ECOSYSTEM.FRESENIUS ENVIRONMENTAL BULLETIN,29(1),114-120.
MLA	Bashir, Muhammad Amjad,et al."NESTING BEHAVIOR AND BIOLOGY OF BLUE BANDED BEE, AMIGELLA MUCOREA (HYMENOPTERA: APIDAE) IN THE SANDY DESERT ECOSYSTEM".FRESENIUS ENVIRONMENTAL BULLETIN 29.1(2020):114-120.