Halictidae


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Noun 1. Halictidae - a family of small solitary bees; many are valuable pollinators for agriculture
arthropod family - any of the arthropods
genus Nomia, nomia - a genus of bee; some are important pollinators of legumes
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Sweat bees - also known as halictidae - are small but not aggressive.
Bees found living in woman's eye, feeding on tears; DOC'S SHOCK AT 'EYE INFECTION' Insects are attracted to perspiration
He yanked out a small bee, known as Halictidae or a "sweat bee." And it was alive.
Doctors reportedly find four bees living in woman's eye
"I think the Halictidae mistook the eyelid for an armpit," he told AFP, using another name for "sweat bees" that are attracted to sweat, adding it could be the first case of its kind worldwide.
Eye'll bee damned: Woman finds insects in eye
The small bees, known as Halictidae or 'sweat bees', are attracted to human perspiration and are found all over the world.
Doctors discover four live bees feeding on tears inside woman's eye
"Luckily the Halictidae didn't attack her eye and they were removed relatively quickly," he said.
Eye'll bee damned: woman finds insects in eye
Halictidae is one of the most diverse ones of all these families.
Plant Preferences of Halictus Latreille (Halictidae: Hymenoptera) in the Mediterranean Region of Southern Turkey
dorsata, Amegilla cingulata and Xylocopa sp.), one species each from Halictidae (Halictus sp.), Ichneumonidae (Ichneumon sp.) and Sphecidae (Sphex sp.) were found on B.
Diversity and Relative Abundance of Pollinator Fauna of Canola (Brassica napus L. Var Chakwal Sarsoon) with Managed Apis mellifera L. in Pothwar Region, Gujar Khan, Pakistan
Outer tegula distance is only included for species in which a minimum of three specimens were captured # Collected # Observed on Video Bees Apidae Apis meWfera 13 5 Bambus impatiens 16 Bombus pensylvanicus 8 4 Nomada fervida 1 Svastra atripes 7 Xylocopa micans 6 9 Halictidae Agapostemon splendens 16 23 Augochlora pur a 1 Lasioglossu m 1 apopkensis Lasioglossum 1 reticulatum Lasioglossum 3 tarponense Lasioglossum spp.
Bee Contribution to Partridge Pea (Chamaecrista fasciculata) Pollination in Florida
The family Apidae had the highest number of species (17) and individuals (516) followed by Megachilidae with nine (9) species with 60 individuals, Halictidae with eight (8) species with sixty-eight (68) individuals, and a single species from the family Colletidae that had only, with one (1) individual.
Distance Effects on Diversity and Abundance of the Flower Visitors of Ocimum kilimandscharicum in the Kakamega Forest Ecosystem. (Research Article)
Wcislo, "Support for maternal manipulation of developmental nutrition in a facultatively eusocial bee, Megalopta genalis (Halictidae)," Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, vol.
A Review of Native Wild Bee Nutritional Health
2 Pogonomyrmex barbatus Smith Halictidae Augochlorella sp.
Insect visitors to the annual plant community in a xeric environment in Central Mexico

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