- The term
cuckoo bee is used for a
variety of
different bee lineages which have
evolved the
kleptoparasitic behaviour of
laying their eggs in the nests...
-
stingless bees (also used for
honey production),
carpenter bees,
orchid bees,
cuckoo bees, and a
number of
other less
widely known groups. Many are valuable...
- host
bee. When the "
cuckoo"
bee larva hatches, it
consumes the host larva's
pollen ball, and
often the host egg also. In particular, the
Arctic bee species...
-
Bombus sylvestris,
known as the
forest cuckoo bumblebee or four-coloured
cuckoo bee, is a
species of
cuckoo bumblebee,
found in most of
Europe and Russia...
- are
known to
enter bee nests and feed on the
provisions reserved for the
bee larva. True
brood parasitism is rare
among insects.
Cuckoo bumblebees (the subgenus...
- The
colonies are
smaller than
those of
honey bees,
growing to as few as 50
individuals in a nest.
Cuckoo bumblebees are
brood parasitic and do not make...
-
kleptoparasites are arthropods,
especially bees and wasps, but
including some true flies, dung beetles, bugs, and spiders.
Cuckoo bees are
specialized kleptoparasites...
-
analysis of
cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae)
reveals a
partially artificial classification at the
genus level and a species‐rich
clade of
bee parasitoids"...
- barbutellus, Barbut's
cuckoo-
bee Bombus bohemicus,
gypsy cuckoo-
bee Bombus campestris,
field cuckoo-
bee Bombus rupestris, red-tailed
cuckoo-
bee Bombus sylvestris...
-
before the female. The
nests are
frequently invaded by
cleptoparasitic "
cuckoo bees". Dallas,
William Sweetland (1857).
Elements of entomology: an outline...
