- 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...
-
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...
- 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...
- 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...
-
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...
-
Bombus barbutellus, or Barbut's
cuckoo-
bee, is a
species of
cuckoo bumblebee, widespread, if not
especially common, in most of Europe. The
species is a...
-
analysis of
cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae)
reveals a
partially artificial classification at the
genus level and a species‐rich
clade of
bee parasitoids"...
-
kleptoparasites are arthropods,
especially bees and wasps, but
including some true flies, dung beetles, bugs, and spiders.
Cuckoo bees are
specialized kleptoparasites...
- the
cuckoo bees,
which includes 29
species found in
Europe and the New World.
Species in this
subgenus are
obligate parasites of
other bumble bees. The...
-
commonly known as the neon
cuckoo bee, is a
parasitic bee of the
genus Thyreus,
called cuckoo bees. It is a
stocky bee,
notable for its
brilliant metallic...
