Megachile rotundata (English Wikipedia)

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Goettel, Mark S. (2008-01-01). "Alfalfa Leafcutting Bee, Megachile rotundata (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)". In Capinera, John L. (ed.). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer Netherlands. pp. 98–101. doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-6359-6_135. ISBN 978-1-4020-6242-1.
Pitts-Singer, Theresa L.; Cane, James H. (2011-01-01). "The Alfalfa Leafcutting Bee, Megachile rotundata: The World's Most Intensively Managed Solitary Bee". Annual Review of Entomology. 56 (1): 221–237. doi:10.1146/annurev-ento-120709-144836. PMID 20809804.
Gonzalez, Victor H.; Griswold, Terry; Praz, Christophe J.; Danforth, Bryan N. (2012-04-01). "Phylogeny of the bee family Megachilidae (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) based on adult morphology" (PDF). Systematic Entomology. 37 (2): 261–286. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2012.00620.x. ISSN 1365-3113. S2CID 19087532.
Pitts-Singer, Theresa L.; Bosch, Jordi (2010). "Nest Establishment, Pollination Efficiency, and Reproductive Success of Megachile rotundata (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) in Relation to Resource Availability in Field Enclosures". Environmental Entomology. 39 (1): 149–158. doi:10.1603/en09077. PMID 20146851.
Peterson, Jason H.; Roitberg, Bernard D.; Peterson, J. H. (2005-10-22). "Impacts of flight distance on sex ratio and resource allocation to offspring in the leafcutter bee, Megachile rotundata". Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 59 (5): 589–596. doi:10.1007/s00265-005-0085-9. ISSN 0340-5443. S2CID 38237901.
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Stephen, W. P.; Osgood, Charles E. (1965-10-01). "Influence of Tunnel Size and Nesting Medium on Sex Ratios in a Leaf-Cutter Bee, Megachile rotundata". Journal of Economic Entomology. 58 (5): 965–968. doi:10.1093/jee/58.5.965. ISSN 0022-0493.
Guédot, Christelle; Buckner, James S.; Hagen, Marcia M.; Bosch, Jordi; Kemp, William P.; Pitts-Singer, Theresa L. (2013). "Nest Marking Behavior and Chemical Composition of Olfactory Cues Involved in Nest Recognition in Megachile rotundata". Environmental Entomology. 42 (4): 779–789. doi:10.1603/en13015. PMID 23905742.
Rossi, Benjamin H.; Nonacs, Peter; Pitts-Singer, Theresa L. (2010-01-01). "Sexual harassment by males reduces female fecundity in the alfalfa leafcutting bee, Megachile rotundata". Animal Behaviour. 79 (1): 165–171. doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.10.023. S2CID 53192944.
Tepedino, V. J.; Parker, F. D. (1988-05-01). "Alternation of Sex Ratio in a Partially Bivoltine Bee, Megachile rotundata (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 81 (3): 467–476. doi:10.1093/aesa/81.3.467. ISSN 0013-8746.
Tepedino, V. J.; Frohlich, D. R. (1984-01-01). "Fratricide in Megachile rotundata, a Non-Social Megachilid Bee: Impartial Treatment of Sibs and Non-Sibs". Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 15 (1): 19–23. doi:10.1007/bf00310210. JSTOR 4599689. S2CID 26028688.
Paxton, Robert John (2005). "Male mating behaviour and mating systems of bees: an overview" (PDF). Apidologie. 36 (2): 145–156. doi:10.1051/apido:2005007.
Paulmier, Ivan; Bagnères, Anne-Geneviève; Afonso, Carlos M. M.; Dusticier, Georges; Rivière, Germaine; Clément, Jean-Luc (1999-03-01). "Alkenes as a Sexual Pheromone in the Alfalfa Leaf-Cutter Bee Megachile rotundata". Journal of Chemical Ecology. 25 (3): 471–490. doi:10.1023/A:1020993518226. ISSN 0098-0331. S2CID 38411367.
O'Neill, Kevin M.; O'Neill, Ruth P.; Blodgett, Sue; Fultz, Jessica (2004). "Composition of Pollen Loads of Megachile rotundata in Relation to Flower Diversity (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 77 (4): 619–625. doi:10.2317/E-24.1. JSTOR 25086246. S2CID 86689599.
Inglis, G. Douglas; Sigler, Lynne; Goette, Mark S. (1993-09-01). "Aerobic microorganisms associated with alfalfa leafcutter bees (Megachile rotundata)". Microbial Ecology. 26 (2): 125–143. doi:10.1007/BF00177048. ISSN 0095-3628. PMID 24190009. S2CID 2331321.
Vandenberg, John D.; Stephen, W. P. (1982-03-01). "Etiology and symptomatology of chalkbrood in the alfalfa leafcutting bee, Megachile rotundata". Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 39 (2): 133–137. doi:10.1016/0022-2011(82)90002-7.

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Rossi, Benjamin H.; Nonacs, Peter; Pitts-Singer, Theresa L. (2010-01-01). "Sexual harassment by males reduces female fecundity in the alfalfa leafcutting bee, Megachile rotundata". Animal Behaviour. 79 (1): 165–171. doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.10.023. S2CID 53192944.

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"There have been several importations of the alfalfa leafcutting bee, beginning in 1987...", Australian Honey Industry Monthly Review, January 2001

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Klostermeyer, E. C.; Mech, Stephen J.; Rasmussen, Wm. B. (1973). "Sex and Weight of Megachile rotundata (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) Progeny Associated with Provision Weights". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 46 (4): 536–548. JSTOR 25082604.
Tepedino, V. J.; Frohlich, D. R. (1984-01-01). "Fratricide in Megachile rotundata, a Non-Social Megachilid Bee: Impartial Treatment of Sibs and Non-Sibs". Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 15 (1): 19–23. doi:10.1007/bf00310210. JSTOR 4599689. S2CID 26028688.
O'Neill, Kevin M.; O'Neill, Ruth P.; Blodgett, Sue; Fultz, Jessica (2004). "Composition of Pollen Loads of Megachile rotundata in Relation to Flower Diversity (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 77 (4): 619–625. doi:10.2317/E-24.1. JSTOR 25086246. S2CID 86689599.

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Pitts-Singer, Theresa L.; Cane, James H. (2011-01-01). "The Alfalfa Leafcutting Bee, Megachile rotundata: The World's Most Intensively Managed Solitary Bee". Annual Review of Entomology. 56 (1): 221–237. doi:10.1146/annurev-ento-120709-144836. PMID 20809804.
Pitts-Singer, Theresa L.; Bosch, Jordi (2010). "Nest Establishment, Pollination Efficiency, and Reproductive Success of Megachile rotundata (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) in Relation to Resource Availability in Field Enclosures". Environmental Entomology. 39 (1): 149–158. doi:10.1603/en09077. PMID 20146851.
Guédot, Christelle; Buckner, James S.; Hagen, Marcia M.; Bosch, Jordi; Kemp, William P.; Pitts-Singer, Theresa L. (2013). "Nest Marking Behavior and Chemical Composition of Olfactory Cues Involved in Nest Recognition in Megachile rotundata". Environmental Entomology. 42 (4): 779–789. doi:10.1603/en13015. PMID 23905742.
Inglis, G. Douglas; Sigler, Lynne; Goette, Mark S. (1993-09-01). "Aerobic microorganisms associated with alfalfa leafcutter bees (Megachile rotundata)". Microbial Ecology. 26 (2): 125–143. doi:10.1007/BF00177048. ISSN 0095-3628. PMID 24190009. S2CID 2331321.

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Stephen, W. P.; Osgood, Charles E. (1965-10-01). "Influence of Tunnel Size and Nesting Medium on Sex Ratios in a Leaf-Cutter Bee, Megachile rotundata". Journal of Economic Entomology. 58 (5): 965–968. doi:10.1093/jee/58.5.965. ISSN 0022-0493.

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Tepedino, V. J.; Parker, F. D. (1988-05-01). "Alternation of Sex Ratio in a Partially Bivoltine Bee, Megachile rotundata (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 81 (3): 467–476. doi:10.1093/aesa/81.3.467. ISSN 0013-8746.

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Gonzalez, Victor H.; Griswold, Terry; Praz, Christophe J.; Danforth, Bryan N. (2012-04-01). "Phylogeny of the bee family Megachilidae (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) based on adult morphology" (PDF). Systematic Entomology. 37 (2): 261–286. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2012.00620.x. ISSN 1365-3113. S2CID 19087532.

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Gonzalez, Victor H.; Griswold, Terry; Praz, Christophe J.; Danforth, Bryan N. (2012-04-01). "Phylogeny of the bee family Megachilidae (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) based on adult morphology" (PDF). Systematic Entomology. 37 (2): 261–286. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2012.00620.x. ISSN 1365-3113. S2CID 19087532.
Peterson, Jason H.; Roitberg, Bernard D.; Peterson, J. H. (2005-10-22). "Impacts of flight distance on sex ratio and resource allocation to offspring in the leafcutter bee, Megachile rotundata". Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 59 (5): 589–596. doi:10.1007/s00265-005-0085-9. ISSN 0340-5443. S2CID 38237901.
Rossi, Benjamin H.; Nonacs, Peter; Pitts-Singer, Theresa L. (2010-01-01). "Sexual harassment by males reduces female fecundity in the alfalfa leafcutting bee, Megachile rotundata". Animal Behaviour. 79 (1): 165–171. doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.10.023. S2CID 53192944.
Tepedino, V. J.; Frohlich, D. R. (1984-01-01). "Fratricide in Megachile rotundata, a Non-Social Megachilid Bee: Impartial Treatment of Sibs and Non-Sibs". Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 15 (1): 19–23. doi:10.1007/bf00310210. JSTOR 4599689. S2CID 26028688.
Paulmier, Ivan; Bagnères, Anne-Geneviève; Afonso, Carlos M. M.; Dusticier, Georges; Rivière, Germaine; Clément, Jean-Luc (1999-03-01). "Alkenes as a Sexual Pheromone in the Alfalfa Leaf-Cutter Bee Megachile rotundata". Journal of Chemical Ecology. 25 (3): 471–490. doi:10.1023/A:1020993518226. ISSN 0098-0331. S2CID 38411367.
O'Neill, Kevin M.; O'Neill, Ruth P.; Blodgett, Sue; Fultz, Jessica (2004). "Composition of Pollen Loads of Megachile rotundata in Relation to Flower Diversity (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 77 (4): 619–625. doi:10.2317/E-24.1. JSTOR 25086246. S2CID 86689599.
Inglis, G. Douglas; Sigler, Lynne; Goette, Mark S. (1993-09-01). "Aerobic microorganisms associated with alfalfa leafcutter bees (Megachile rotundata)". Microbial Ecology. 26 (2): 125–143. doi:10.1007/BF00177048. ISSN 0095-3628. PMID 24190009. S2CID 2331321.

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"How to Manage Alfalfa Leafcutting Bees", a publication of the University of Maine Agricultural Cooperative Extension, year 2007.

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"Introduced Bees in New Zealand" Archived 2010-05-27 at the Wayback Machine, New Zealand Entomologist Vol 33: 92-101 (February 2010)
"Selection and importation of new pollinators to New Zealand" Archived 2008-10-15 at the Wayback Machine, B. J. Donovan, DSIR Plant Protection

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Gonzalez, Victor H.; Griswold, Terry; Praz, Christophe J.; Danforth, Bryan N. (2012-04-01). "Phylogeny of the bee family Megachilidae (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) based on adult morphology" (PDF). Systematic Entomology. 37 (2): 261–286. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2012.00620.x. ISSN 1365-3113. S2CID 19087532.
Peterson, Jason H.; Roitberg, Bernard D.; Peterson, J. H. (2005-10-22). "Impacts of flight distance on sex ratio and resource allocation to offspring in the leafcutter bee, Megachile rotundata". Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 59 (5): 589–596. doi:10.1007/s00265-005-0085-9. ISSN 0340-5443. S2CID 38237901.
Stephen, W. P.; Osgood, Charles E. (1965-10-01). "Influence of Tunnel Size and Nesting Medium on Sex Ratios in a Leaf-Cutter Bee, Megachile rotundata". Journal of Economic Entomology. 58 (5): 965–968. doi:10.1093/jee/58.5.965. ISSN 0022-0493.
Tepedino, V. J.; Parker, F. D. (1988-05-01). "Alternation of Sex Ratio in a Partially Bivoltine Bee, Megachile rotundata (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 81 (3): 467–476. doi:10.1093/aesa/81.3.467. ISSN 0013-8746.
Paulmier, Ivan; Bagnères, Anne-Geneviève; Afonso, Carlos M. M.; Dusticier, Georges; Rivière, Germaine; Clément, Jean-Luc (1999-03-01). "Alkenes as a Sexual Pheromone in the Alfalfa Leaf-Cutter Bee Megachile rotundata". Journal of Chemical Ecology. 25 (3): 471–490. doi:10.1023/A:1020993518226. ISSN 0098-0331. S2CID 38411367.
Inglis, G. Douglas; Sigler, Lynne; Goette, Mark S. (1993-09-01). "Aerobic microorganisms associated with alfalfa leafcutter bees (Megachile rotundata)". Microbial Ecology. 26 (2): 125–143. doi:10.1007/BF00177048. ISSN 0095-3628. PMID 24190009. S2CID 2331321.