Waggle-dancing bees: Ecological consultants of the future?
By decoding the high-speed waggle dances of bees, scientists have have discovered that the insects can function as tiny ecological consultants,...
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Megachile fortis found in Badlands National Park, South Dakota: Image credit: U.S. Geological Survey Native Bee Inventory and Monitoring Program
1 1 Megachile fortisCentris lanipes, collected in Puerto Rico. Image credit: U.S. Geological Survey Native Bee Inventory and Monitoring Program
2 2 Centris lanipesCentris haemorrhoidalis, a bee species from Puerto Rico. Image credit: U.S. Geological Survey Native Bee Inventory and Monitoring Program
3 3 Centris haemorrhoidalisAugochloropsis metallica, collected in Laurel, Maryland. Image credit: U.S. Geological Survey Native Bee Inventory and Monitoring Program
4 4 Augochloropsis metallicaAnthidium maculifrons, collected in Key Biscayne National Park, Florida. Image credit: U.S. Geological Survey Native Bee Inventory and Monitoring Program
5 5 Anthidium maculifronsXylocopa cubaecola, a carpenter bee endemic to Cuba, collected on the base of Guantanamo Bay. Image credit: U.S. Geological Survey Native Bee Inventory and Monitoring Program
6 6 Xylocopa cubaecolaCeratina smaragdula, an introduced species of small carpenter bee, collected in Hawaii. Image credit: U.S. Geological Survey Native Bee Inventory and Monitoring Program
7 7 Ceratina smaragdulaBombus griseocollis, collected in Pennsylvania. Image credit: U.S. Geological Survey Native Bee Inventory and Monitoring Program
8 8 Bombus griseocollisHalictus ligatus, covered in pollen from an unknown plant. Collected in Pennsylvania. Image credit: U.S. Geological Survey Native Bee Inventory and Monitoring Program
9 9 Halictus ligatusMegachile fortis found in Badlands National Park, South Dakota: Image credit: U.S. Geological Survey Native Bee Inventory and Monitoring Program
1 Megachile fortisCentris lanipes, collected in Puerto Rico. Image credit: U.S. Geological Survey Native Bee Inventory and Monitoring Program
2 Centris lanipesCentris haemorrhoidalis, a bee species from Puerto Rico. Image credit: U.S. Geological Survey Native Bee Inventory and Monitoring Program
3 Centris haemorrhoidalisAugochloropsis metallica, collected in Laurel, Maryland. Image credit: U.S. Geological Survey Native Bee Inventory and Monitoring Program
4 Augochloropsis metallicaAnthidium maculifrons, collected in Key Biscayne National Park, Florida. Image credit: U.S. Geological Survey Native Bee Inventory and Monitoring Program
5 Anthidium maculifronsXylocopa cubaecola, a carpenter bee endemic to Cuba, collected on the base of Guantanamo Bay. Image credit: U.S. Geological Survey Native Bee Inventory and Monitoring Program
6 Xylocopa cubaecolaCeratina smaragdula, an introduced species of small carpenter bee, collected in Hawaii. Image credit: U.S. Geological Survey Native Bee Inventory and Monitoring Program
7 Ceratina smaragdulaBombus griseocollis, collected in Pennsylvania. Image credit: U.S. Geological Survey Native Bee Inventory and Monitoring Program
8 Bombus griseocollisHalictus ligatus, covered in pollen from an unknown plant. Collected in Pennsylvania. Image credit: U.S. Geological Survey Native Bee Inventory and Monitoring Program
9 Halictus ligatusBy decoding the high-speed waggle dances of bees, scientists have have discovered that the insects can function as tiny ecological consultants,...
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