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2020
A Brief Review of Monolecty in Bees and Benefits of a Broadened Definition, James H. Cane; Apidologie
Predicting Changes in Bee Assemblages Following State Transitions at North American Dryland Ecotones, Melanie R. Kazenel, Karen W. Wright, Julieta Bettinelli, Terry L. Griswold, Kenneth D. Whitney, and Jennifer A. Rudgers; Scientific Reports
The First Gynandromorph of the Neotropical Bee Megalopta Amoena (Spinola, 1853) (Halictidae) with Notes on its Circadian Rhythm, Erin Krichilsky, Álvaro Vega-Hidalgo, Kate Hunter, Callum Kingwell, Chelsey Ritner, William Wcislo, and Adam Smith; Journal of Hymenoptera Research
2019
Foraging Economics of the Hunt Bumble Bee, a Viable Pollinator for Commercial Agriculture, Abby Baur, James P. Strange, and Jonathan B. Koch; Environmental Entomology
Wild Bee Diversity Increases With Local Fire Severity in a Fire‐Prone Landscape, Sara M. Galbraith, James H. Cane, Andrew R. Moldenke, and James W. Rivers; Ecosphere
Ant Diversity Patterns Across Tropical Elevation Gradients: Effects of Sampling Method and Subcommunity, John T. Longino, Michael G. Branstetter, and Philip S. Ward; Ecosphere
Decades of Native Bee Biodiversity Surveys at Pinnacles National Park Highlight the Importance of Monitoring Natural Areas Over Time, Joan M. Meiners, Terry L. Griswold, and Olivia Messinger Carril; PLoS ONE
A Review and Updated Classification of Pollen Gathering Behavior in Bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea), Zachary M. Portman, Michael C. Orr, and Terry Griswold; Journal of Hymenoptera Research
A Homeotic Shift Late in Development Drives Mimetic Color Variation in a Bumble Bee, Li Tian, Sarthok Rasique Rahman, Briana D. Ezray, Luca Franzini, James P. Strange, Patrick Lhomme, and Heather M. Hines; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Timing of Invasion by Africanized Bees Coincides with Local Extinction of a Specialized Pollinator of a Rare Poppy in Utah, USA, Amber D. Tripodi, Vincent J. Tepedino, and Zachary M. Portman; Journal of Apicultural Science
2018
A Nonlethal Method to Examine Non-Apis Bees for Mark-Capture Research, Natalie K. Boyle, Amber D. Tripodi, Scott A. Machtley, James P. Strange, Theresa L. Pitts-Singer, and James R. Hagler; Journal of Insect Science
Co-Dependency Between a Specialist Andrena Bee and Its Death Camas Host, Toxicoscordion paniculatum, James H. Cane; Anthropod-Plant Interactions
Wild Bees of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument: Richness, Abundance, and Spatio-Temporal Beta-Diversity, Olivia Messinger Carril, Terry Griswold, James Haefner, and Joseph S. Wilson; PeerJ - the Journal of Life and Environmental Sciences
South American Leaf-Cutter Bees (Genus Megachile) of the Subgenera Rhyssomegachile and Zonomegachile, With Two New Subgenera (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae), Víctor H. González, Terry Griswold, and Michael S. Engel; Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History
Phylogeny and Population Genetic Analyses Reveals Cryptic Speciation in the Bombus fervidus Species Complex (Hymenoptera: Apidae), Jonathan B. Koch, Juanita Rodriguez, James P. Pitts, and James P. Strange; PLoS ONE
Quaternary Climate Instability is Correlated with Patterns of Population Genetic Variability in Bombus huntii, Jonathan B. Koch, Rémy Vandame, Jorge Mérida-Rivas, Philippe Sagot, and James Strange; Ecology and Evolution
The Truncated Bell: An Enigmatic but Pervasive Elevational Diversity Pattern in Middle American Ants, John T. Longino and Michael G. Branstetter; Ecography
Checklist of Bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) From Managed Emergent Wetlands in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley of Arkansas, Phillip L. Stephenson, Terry Griswold, Michael S. Arduser, Ashley P. G. Dowling, and David G. Krementz; Biodiversity Data Journal
2017
On the Identity of the Adventive Species of Eufriesea Cockerell in the USA: Systematics and Potential Distribution of the Coerulescens Species Group (Hymenoptera, Apidae), Victor H. Gonzalez, Terry Griswold, and Marianna Simões; Journal of Hymenoptera Research
Survey of Hatching Spines of Bee Larvae Including Those of Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apoidea), Jerome G. Rozen Jr., Corey Shepard Smith, and James H. Cane; Journal of Insect Science
2016
Evidence for Bombus Occidentalis (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Populations in the Olympic Peninsula, the Palouse Prairie, and Forests of Northern Idaho, Paul R. Rhoades, Jonathan B. Koch, Lisette P. Waits, James P. Strange, and Sanford D. Eigenbrode; Journal of Insect Science
2012
Breeding Biology and Pollinators of Dusty Maiden, Chaenactis douglasii, James H. Cane; Great Basin Native Seed Increase Workshop
Gardening and Landscaping for Native Bee, James H. Cane; Idaho Horticulture Expo
Native bees for wildflower seed farming and large-scale wildland restoration in the western USA, James H. Cane; International Conference on Pollinator Biology
Breeding biologies, pollinators and seed beetles of two prairie-clovers, Dalea ornata and D. searlsiae (Fabaceae: Amorpheae), from the Intermountain West USA, James H. Cane, M. Weber, and S. Miller; Western North American Naturalist
Interspecific geographic distribution and variation of the pathogens Nosema bombi and Crithidia species in United States bumble bee populations, N. Cordes, F. Huang, James P. Strange, S. A. Cameron, Terry L. Griswold, J. D. Lozier, and L. F. Solter; Journal of Invetebrate Pathology
Phylogeny of the bee family Megachilidae (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) based on adult morphology, V. H. Gonzalez, Terry L. Griswold, C. J. Praz, and B. N. Danforth; Systematic Entomology
The identity of the enigmatic Anthidium zonatum (Friese) (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae), Terry L. Griswold and V. H. Gonzalez; Entomofauna
Pollinator nesting guilds respond differently to urban habitat fragmentation in an oak-savannah ecosystem, L. A. Neame, Terry L. Griswold, and E. Elle; Insect Conservation and Diversity
Structural examination of the Dufour’s gland of the cavity-nesting bees Osmia lignaria Say and Megachile rotundata (Fabricius) (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae), T. L. Pitts-Singer, J. S. Buckner, T. Freeman, and C. Guédot; Annals of the Entomological Society of America
2011
Patterns of widespread decline in North American bumble bees, S. A. Cameron, J. D. Lozier, J. P. Strange, J. B. Koch, N. Cordes, L. F. Solter, and Terry L. Griswold; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Recent widespread population declines of some North American bumble bees: Current status and causal factors, S. C. Cameron, J. D. Lozier, James P. Strange, J. B. Koch, N. Cordes, L. F. Solter, and T. L. Griswold; Proceedings of the National Academy of Science
Alkali Bee Research Projects, James H. Cane; Annual Conference of the Western Alfalfa Seed Growers
Alkali bees: Great pollinators with management limitations, James H. Cane; Alfalfa Pollinator Workshop and Lab Tour
Bee communities and wildfire: Thermal tolerances, soil heat conduction and nesting depths, James H. Cane; Great Basin Native Seed Increase Workshop
Habitat Gardens: Birds, Bees, and Butterflies, James H. Cane; Annual Utah Master Gardener's Conference
Meeting wild bees’ needs on rangelands, James H. Cane; Rangelands
Native wildflowers for native bees, James H. Cane; Utah Native Plant Society
On-farm needs and post-fire fates of bees that pollinate our restoration forbs, James H. Cane; Intermountain Native Plant Summit II
Post-fire fates and on-farm use of wild bees for native forb seed production, James H. Cane; 11th Biennial Conference on Research on the Colorado Plateau
Specialist Osmia bees forage indiscriminately among hybridizing Balsamorhiza floral hosts, James H. Cane; Oecologia
Specialist Peponapis bees prevail in pollinating U.S. squash crops, James H. Cane; Entomological Society of America, national meeting
Nectar and pollen sugars constituting larval provisions of the alfalfa leaf-cutting bee (Megachile rotundata) (Hymenoptera: Apiformes: Megachilidae), James H. Cane, D. Gardner, and P. Harrison; Apidologie
Predicted fates of ground-nesting bees in soil heated by wildfire: Thermal tolerances of life stages and a survey of nesting depths, James H. Cane and J. Neff; Biological Conservation
Pollination value of male bees: the specialist bee Peponapis pruinosa (Apidae) at cultivated summer squash (Cucurbita pepo), James H. Cane, B. J. Sampson, and S. A. Miller; Environmental Entomology
Heriades tayrona n. sp., the first osmiine bee from South America, V. H. Gonzalez and Terry L. Griswold; Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society
Taxonomic notes on the small resin bees Hypanthidioides subgenus Michanthidium (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae), V. H. Gonzalez and Terry L. Griswold; ZooKeys
Two new species of Paratrigona and the male of Paratrigona ornaticeps (Hymenoptera, Apidae), V. H. Gonzalez and Terry L. Griswold; ZooKeys
New species of the Eastern Hemisphere genera Afroheriades and Noteriades (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae), with keys to species of the former, Terry L. Griswold and V. H. Gonzalez; ZooKeys
Effects of the insect growth regulator, novaluron on immature alfalfa leafcutting bees, Megachile rotundata, E. W. Hodgson, T. L. Pitts-Singer, and J. D. Barbour; Journal of Insect Science
Patterns of range-wide genetic variation in six North American bumble bee (Apidae: Bombus) species, J. D. Lozier, James P. Strange, I. J. Stewart, and S. A. Cameron; Molecular Ecology
Host Range Expansion of Black Queen Cell Virus in the Bumble Bee, Bombus huntii, W. Peng, J. Li, H. Boncristiani, James P. Strange, M. Hamilton, and Y. Chen; Apidologie
The alfalfa leaf-cutting bee, Megachile rotundata: The world’s most intensively managed solitary bee, T. L. Pitts-Singer and James H. Cane; Annual Review of Entomology
Osmia species (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae) from the southeastern United States with modified facial hairs: taxonomy, host plants, and conservation status, M. G. Rightmyer, M. Deyrup, J. S. Ascher, and Terry L. Griswold; ZooKeys
The bees of Colorado (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), V. L. Scott, J. S. Ascher, Terry L. Griswold, and C. R. Nufio; Natural History Inventory of Colorado
The long summer: pre-wintering temperatures affect metabolic expenditure and winter survival in a solitary bee, F. Sgolastra, W. P. Kemp, J. S. Buckner, T. L. Pitts-Singer, and S. Maini Jordi; Journal of Insect Physiology
Leafcutter and mason bees of the genus Megachile Latreille (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) in Canada and Alaska, C. S. Sheffield, C. Ratti, L. Packer, and Terry L. Griswold; Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification
Attraction to old nest cues during nest selection by the solitary bee Megachile rotundata (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae), C. Stanley and T. L. Pitts-Singer; Journal of Apicultural Research
Influence of rough handling on Osmia lignaria (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) retention in commercial orchards, C. Stanley, T. L. Pitts-Singer, and Jordi Bosch; Journal of Economic Entomology
Commercial bumble bees: getting the most out of your investment, James P. Strange; North Carolina Cucumber Extension Workshop
Patterns of widespread bumble bee decline in North America, James P. Strange; North Cascades National Park
Understanding the scope of pollinator declines in America, bees and beyond, James P. Strange; Salt Lake City Library
Global invasion by Anthidium manicatum (Linnaeus) (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae): assessing potential distribution in North America and beyond, James P. Strange, J. B. Koch, V. B. Gonzalez, L. Nemelka, and Terry L. Griswold; Biological Invasions
Breeding biology and incremental benefits of outcrossing for the restoration wildflower, Hedysarum boreale Nutt. (Fabaceae), K. A. Swoboda and James H. Cane; Plant Species Biology
Diversity and pollination value of insects visiting the flowers of a rare buckwheat (Eriogonum pelinophilum: Polygonaceae) in disturbed and “natural” areas, Vincent J. Tepedino, W. R. Bowlin, and Terry L. Griswold; Journal of Pollination Ecology
Specialist and generalist bee-visitors of an endemic beardtongue (Penstemon caryi: Plantaginaceae) of the Big Horn Mountains, Wyoming, Vincent J. Tepedino, Terry L. Griswold, J. E. Freilich, and P. Shephard; Western North American Naturalist
Breeding biology of the Threadstalk Milkvetch, Astragalus filipes (Fabaceae), with a review of the genus, K. Watrous and James H. Cane; The American Midland Naturalist
2010
Timing of eclosion affects diapause development, fat body consumption and longevity in Osmia lignaria, a univoltine, adult-wintering solitary bee, Jordi Bosch, F. Sgolastra, and W. P. Kemp; Journal of Insect Physiology
Bees are key for producing native forb seed, James H. Cane; Northwest Native Seed Grower Workshop
Contrasting roles for host plant recognition in Group IX Ips and solitary bees, James H. Cane; Entomological Society of America, national meeting
For wildflower seed, bees are key, James H. Cane; 7th Conference for the Soc. Ecol. Restoration
On-farm pollinator surprises ease some pollination challenges for native forb production, James H. Cane; Great Basin Native Seed Increase Workshop
Peculiar factors enable sustained mass-production of native alkali bees for alfalfa pollination, James H. Cane; Entomological Society of America, Pacific Branch
Pollination and pollinators for wildflower seed farming and post-fire wildland rehabilitation, James H. Cane; International Conference on Pollinator Biology, Health and Policy, Penn State Univ.
Spatial patterns of bee captures in North American bowl trapping surveys, S. Droege, Vincent J. Tepedino, G. LeBuhn, W. Link, R. L. Minckley, Q. Chen, and C. Conrad; Insect Conservation and Diversity
Two new species of nocturnal bees of the genus Megalopta (Hymenoptera Halictidae) with keys to species, V. G. Gonzalez, Terry L. Griswold, and R. Ayala; Revista de Biologia Tropical
Anthidium vigintiduopunctatum Friese (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae): The elusive “dwarf bee” of the Galapagos Archipelago?, V. H. Gonzalez, J. B. Koch, and Terry L. Griswold; Biological Invasions
A revision of Perdita (Xerophasma) Timberlake (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae), Terry L. Griswold and W. Miller; Zootaxa
Visiting bees of Cucurbita flowers (Cucurbitaceae) with emphasis on the presence of Peponapis fervens Smith (Eucerini - Apidae) - Santa Catarina, southern Brasil, C. Krug, Alves dos Santos, and James H. Cane; Oecologia Australis
Nest establishment, pollination efficiency, and reproductive success of Megachile rotundata (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) in relation to resource availability in field enclosures, T. L. Pitts-Singer and Jordi Bosch; Environmental Entomology
Description of a new species of Osmia (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) from southwestern North America, with a redescription of the enigmatic species Osmia foxi Cameron, M. G. Rightmyer and Terry L. Griswold; Zootaxa
A review of the non-metallic Osmia (Melanosmia) found in North America, with additional notes on palearctic Melanosmia (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae), M. G. Rightmyer, Terry L. Griswold, and M. S. Arduser; ZooKeys
Sexual harassment by males reduces female fecundity in the alfalfa leafcutting bee (Megachile rotundata), B. H. Rossi, P. Nonacs, and T. L. Pitts-Singer; Animal Behaviour
Effect of temperature regime on diapause intensity in an adult-wintering Hymenopteran with obligate diapause, F. Sgolastra, Jordi Bosch, R. Molowny-Horas, S. Maini, and W. P. Kemp; Journal of Insect Physiology
Discovery of the Western Palearctic bee, Megachile (Pseudomegachile) ericetorum (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae), in Ontario, Canada, C. S. Sheffield, Terry L. Griswold, and M. H. Richards; Journal of the Entomological Society of Ontario
Assessing population trajectories with historic data and surveys using Bombus occidentalis as a model, James P. Strange; St. Louis Zoo/ IUCN North American Bumble Bee Conservation Planning Meeting
Commercial bumble bees: is there a new pollinator on the western horizon?, James P. Strange; St. Louis Zoo/ IUCN North American Bumble Bee Conservation Planning Meeting
From pupation to flight: coming of age as an USDA-ARS entomologist, James P. Strange; Symposium at Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting
Nest initiation in three North American bumble bees (Bombus): Gyne number and presence of honey bee workers influence establishment success and colony size, James P. Strange; Journal of Insect Science
Reproductive biology, hybridization, and flower visitors of rare Sclerocactus taxa in Utah’s Uintah Basin, Vincent J. Tepedino, Terry L. Griswold, and W. Bowlin; Western North American Naturalist
The proboscis extension reflex not elicited in megachilid bees, C. Vorel and T. L. Pitts-Singer; Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society
The montane bee fauna of north central Washington, U.S.A., with floral associations, J. S. Wilson, L. E. Wilson, L. D. Loftis, and Terry L. Griswold; Western North American Naturalist
2009
Yellow star-thistle on Santa Cruz Island and Lesvos: Where have the honey bees gone?, J. F. Barthell, M. L. Clement, D. S. Song, A. N. Savitski, J. M. Hranitz, T. Petanidou, R. W. Thorp, A. M. Wenner, Terry L. Griswold, and H. Wells; Uludag Bee Journal
Cuticular lipids of female solitary bees, Megachile rotundata (F.) and Osmia lignaria Say (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae), J. S. Buckner, T. L. Pitts-Singer, C. Guédot, M. M. Hagen, C. L. Fatland, and W. P. Kemp; Comparative Biochemistry & Physiology
Contrasting self-fertilities of a biscuitroot and 3 globemallows, with prospects for their pollination, James H. Cane; Great Basin Native Seed Increase Workshop
Do Specialist Bees Better Discriminate Among Their Hybridizing Balsamorhiza Floral Hosts?, James H. Cane; Botanical Society of America meeting
Pollen viability and pollen tube attrition in cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon), James H. Cane; Acta Horticulturae
Pollinators and climate change, James H. Cane; Ecological Society of America, National meeting
Pollinators for restoration seed production, James H. Cane; 10th Biennial Conference on Research on the Colorado Plateau
Resurrecting the bee Osmia aglaia Sandhouse from synonymy (Hymenoptera: Apiformes: Megachilidae), James H. Cane, R. W. Rust, and G. W. Bohart; Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society