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opposite term is polylectic and refers to species that collect pollen from a wide range of species. The most familiar example of a polylectic species is the...

drops from leaves is also a source of energy and nutrients. Most bees are polylectic (generalist) meaning they collect pollen from a range of flowering plants...

gingery hair. It is a solitary bee that nests in holes or stems and is polylectic, meaning it forages pollen from various different flowering plants. These...

fly in search of a safe place for hibernation. The common carder bee is polylectic, feeding on a variety of wild flowers, including nettles (Urticaceae)...

another male's territory, the male responds aggressively. X. pubescens is polylectic, so it forages on many species of plants. It forages on some plants for...

flat, bare ground. Nests may be aggregated. Lasioglossum titusi is a polylectic species, meaning it collects pollen from a wide variety of plant species...

can use many different flowering species. So although the species is polylectic, individual bees remain consistent with their flower choice. Meliponines...

1, 2012, pp. 81–91. Odamtten, Vincent O., The Art of Ama Ata Aidoo: Polylectics and Reading Against Neocolonialism. University Press of Florida, 1994...

results from their relatively high migration ability, foraging ranges, polylectic foraging strategies and gyne production rate when compared to B. dahlbomii...

completely empty flowers and favor flowers with nectar. X. micans is also polylectic, meaning that X. micans bees are general pollinators and can collect pollinators...

Augochloropsis show behavioral plasticity. Augochloropsis are classified as polylectic, a term which indicates that these species are broad generalists that...

salt content. Males seem less likely to exhibit this behavior. They are polylectic pollinators, willing to feed off the nectar from any available pollen...

than once or becoming completely solitary. Augochlorella aurata is a polylectic forager meaning they visit many different plant species to collect pollen...

generation in the summer if there is long spell of warm weather. It is polylectic and has been recorded foraging on maples Aceraceae, umbellifers Apiaceae...

(5) collection of pollen, nectar, and propolis. Trigona fuscipennis are polylectic bees, meaning they visit various different flowering plants. However,...

young females and males from the beginning of August. The species is polylectic. It nests in underground cavities, e.g. in abandoned mouse nests. Nest-takers...

young females and males from the end of August. Bombus mesomelas is a polylectic species. It nests mainly underground in abandoned mouse kettles, then...

females appear from the end of April, young males in July. This is a polylectic species. During the summer colony development phase, Asteraceae are preferred...

July, beginning of March to the beginning of September in Switzerland. Polylectic with preference for Fabaceae. So far, the use of the pollen of the six...

from mid April or May to late July, and then again in August. The bee is polylectic, but it collects pollen nearly exclusively on members of the Fabaceae...