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Monitoring a Nest Aggregation of a Solitary Ground Nesting Bee (Epicharis nigrita Friese) in an Urban Area

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Bees are one of the most important ecological (as pollinators of cultivated and wild plant species) and economic (fruits and seeds produced by pollination, and several bee products commercialized and consumed) groups of insects. Most bee species are solitary and ground nesting, and some form nest aggregations that can last for some years. Here, we studied a nest aggregation of Epicharis nigrita Friese from 2013 to 2025 in an urban area. We found that bee populations can vary from one year to the next and may persist for many years despite human interventions in the ground areas used by females to build nests. The aggregation of this species persists for at least 23 years in the area.

Source: Sociobiology

DOI: 10.13102/sociobiology.v72i3.11681

Authors: Celso Feitosa Martins, Valdemar Ismael dos Santos Neto, Cândida Maria Lima Aguiar

Institutions: Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana

Language: English

Topic: Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior

Subfield: Genetics

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Life on land

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4414242601

FWCI: 0.552

Cites: 12

Cited by: 1

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