https://www.thecriticalbee.com/test daily 0.75 2018-04-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5964073a20099e9da5b54476/1522960245667-UATWK6E28ZJOK9MJSUVI/ghat.png test https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5964073a20099e9da5b54476/1522960245667-UATWK6E28ZJOK9MJSUVI/ghat.png test https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5964073a20099e9da5b54476/1522960245684-0GY7B6R2X6WEAA0N5TA3/logo.png test https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5964073a20099e9da5b54476/1522960246148-GC23Q26TZNAQB5TKJVPI/t.png test https://www.thecriticalbee.com/home daily 1.0 2024-11-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5964073a20099e9da5b54476/b71ffb30-0f6d-46ae-b953-03cbda36fca4/Picture4.png about - who's the bee ? jump to the #news https://www.thecriticalbee.com/pretty-bees daily 0.75 2024-11-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5964073a20099e9da5b54476/1616521602537-K9OXHRGF29CHZUTQSD1R/website_version.jpg pretty bees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5964073a20099e9da5b54476/1541617417689-KEQGO4DWVRJMH4O3DJ0S/Cover_compressed_1.jpg pretty bees The phylogeny of Apidae, inferred from a combined data set of transcriptomes and ultraconserved elements (UCEs). If you are interested in details about the study, please find the article in the papers section. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5964073a20099e9da5b54476/a355b815-3ff5-4213-ac42-79e438bad1b0/Macronomia_clavisetis.jpg pretty bees - Macronomia clavisetis A species of Nomiinae from Africa. The males not only have enlarged tibiae but also giant femurs. Look at these legs! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5964073a20099e9da5b54476/1541619347523-50324ZTHVPS6SXG9UPFN/Systropha_krigei_M.jpg pretty bees - Systropha krigei A male of the South African bee species S. krigei. Like all species of the genus Systropha, this species is oligolectic on species of Morning Glory (Convolvulaceae). This means that they are specialized to only collect pollen from flowers of their specific host-plants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5964073a20099e9da5b54476/1541619495686-3T6OR5BH9QI9N3LVB1BF/Melitta_leporina.jpg pretty bees - Melitta leporina A male of Melitta leporina. This bee belongs to the bee family Melittidae, which are host-plant specialists. M. leporina exclusively collects pollen from legumes flowers (Fabaceae). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5964073a20099e9da5b54476/1499830382731-T83N12NN45JOG3AIIR5U/image-asset.jpeg pretty bees - Clavinomia clavicornis Even though this species was already described in 1980 by Klaus Warncke, not more than 8 records of this species are known. The bee on the left is one of just two known female specimens! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5964073a20099e9da5b54476/1499893113933-784QFZRUXKGSX2V2ZBHY/Eulaema.jpg pretty bees - Eufriesea mexicana The orchid bee Eufriesea mexicana occurs throughout Mesoamerica - not only in Mexico! It's genome was recently sequenced by Karen Kapheim's lab (link). We have good indications that the orchid bees are the most basal group within the corbiculate bees - and the only ones which aren't eusocial! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5964073a20099e9da5b54476/1499892962636-9MQMDXPJ4SUKC2JZK4UP/stictonomia_sangaensis.jpg pretty bees - Stictonomia sangaensis Stictonomia is a genus of nomiine bees restricted to Africa. Only 10 species are known, most of them only by a few records! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5964073a20099e9da5b54476/1499892817380-1H51QCNF7EMBV4B5347B/Bombus.jpg pretty bees - Bombus pennsylvanicus Bumblebees are crazy. Everyone knows them but few know how crazy they actually are. As if eusocical behaviors aren't sophisticated enough, they can be narrow host plant specialists (Bombus gerstäckeri) or obligate social parasites (the subgenus Psithyrus)! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5964073a20099e9da5b54476/1499893038435-IGARZQ80QSN99SGJXAOD/image-asset.jpeg pretty bees - Steganomus junodi Another Nomiinae- by now you might know that I have a weakness for them. Steganomus occurs in tropical Africa (5 species) and Southeast Asia (6 species). It is the only Nomia with only two submarginal cells! https://www.thecriticalbee.com/publications daily 0.75 2026-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5964073a20099e9da5b54476/d23ae54a-e910-499b-8ff6-d8185826a61f/Scrapter_heterodoxus_female_head.jpg papers - Make it stand out Scrapter heterodoxus female as studied in African Invertebrates paper of Simon van Noort and Silas. Published open access, the paper is freely accessible here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5964073a20099e9da5b54476/a9f609a7-e8e0-4a74-8b41-476329ac4b5f/Syent_2022_cover.jpg papers - Make it stand out Andrena intermedia from the Andrenidae phylogeny paper made the cover of 2022 volume of Systematic Entomology. Here is the full paper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5964073a20099e9da5b54476/1624337665762-43YGFETXJ8HD0WGW3EWM/systbio_cover.PNG papers - Make it stand out Our Pseudapis paper made the cover of the July issue of Systematic Biology in 2021. Here is the full paper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5964073a20099e9da5b54476/1605221655878-HT08GZQMMV65ZRYW383Q/m_cover.png papers November issue of Insect Systematics & Diversity 2020. The cover shows a sleeping female of Biastes emarginatus, photographed by Dr. Paul Westrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5964073a20099e9da5b54476/1541620564812-SN7NHLGV2OK76LC9K8XX/11.cover-source+%281%29.jpg papers November issue of Biology Letters 2018. https://www.thecriticalbee.com/contact daily 0.75 2018-11-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5964073a20099e9da5b54476/1499729660015-DKYJPGV0QLNVNFWN728J/image-asset.jpeg contact https://www.thecriticalbee.com/bee-trips daily 0.75 2021-03-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5964073a20099e9da5b54476/1573798035688-4RLT7IH1JBZU7O8MYX0T/20190925_134740.jpg bee trips https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5964073a20099e9da5b54476/1573796473563-OHB5UFBR4L5DQBO345CG/beecourse.JPG bee trips https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5964073a20099e9da5b54476/1561341901134-C9J4QTA90LNX0O06SPJP/bodega2019_groupphoto.jpg bee trips Last day of the workshop with all participants and instructors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5964073a20099e9da5b54476/1541644964504-HNZWG1MUHA67RB2WL2BF/20180820_151748.jpg bee trips https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5964073a20099e9da5b54476/1541640416048-VLUT3501SHS0YQBUY8S7/20180523_140930.jpg bee trips https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5964073a20099e9da5b54476/1541641970175-JTW73IWU3LKK3EOIAP2T/20180517_130233.jpg bee trips https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5964073a20099e9da5b54476/1502303068820-GC4WQ4XBJ1TFDZ6VP8JP/image-asset.jpeg bee trips Tossing the shipping boxes from the roof! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5964073a20099e9da5b54476/1502250240468-MZ9MHTNY2AQIDM2EGJUU/image-asset.jpeg bee trips https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5964073a20099e9da5b54476/1502303892690-MBRWGOZ49D3NK93EG62M/image-asset.jpeg bee trips Collecting at the Albany Pine Bush Preserve. 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