Many factors affect bee diversity and abundance, and knowledge of these is crucial for
maintaining healthy bee communities. However, there are few means to fully evaluate the …

Gasteruption is an easily recognized genus of wasps whose larvae are predator-inquilines
in the nests of cavity-nesting solitary bees (Apidae, Colletidae, Halictidae and …

The vast majority of species of velvet ants (Hymenoptera: Aculeata: Mutillidae) are
ectoparasitoids of immature stages of other aculeate Hymenoptera (bees, wasps and ants) …

Color traits are highly influenced by environmental conditions along the distributional range
of many species. Studies on the variation of animal coloration across different geographic …

In the current scenario of a general decline of the honeybee worldwide, studies on the
potential of alternative bee species in pollinating cultivated plants are important. Although …

In order to adopt correct conservation strike plans to maintain bee pollination activity it is
necessary to know the species′ resource utilisation and requirements. We investigated the …

Brood parasites need to overcome host detection in order to exploit their target resource.
Nest invasion by brood parasites is possibly enabled either by chemical mimicry (innate …

Cleptoparasitism, also known as brood parasitism, is a widespread strategy among bee
species in which the parasite lays eggs into the nests of the host species. Even though this …

The genus Gasteruption (Gasteruptiidae) is represented in Europe by more than 30 species.
Of these, twenty-one are recorded from the Czech Republic and Slovakia, with six being …

The influence of historical climatic and geological changes on patterns of species
diversification was investigated in a widely distributed group of North American nocturnal …