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A honey bee collecting nectar from an apricot flower.. The nectar resource in a given area depends on the kinds of flowering plants present and their blooming periods. Which kinds grow in an area depends on soil texture, soil pH, soil drainage, daily maximum and minimum temperatures, precipitation, extreme minimum winter temperature, and growing degre
Osmia calaminthae is very poorly known and its conservation status is not currently documented by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. [1] [4] [5] It is listed as a "species of greatest conservation need" by the Florida State Wildlife Action Plan, [4] [5] and as of 2019 it has been listed as Critically Imperiled by NatureServe. [2]
This is a list of crop plants pollinated by bees along with how much crop yield is improved by bee pollination. [1] Most of them are pollinated in whole or part by honey bees and by the crop's natural pollinators such as bumblebees, orchard bees, squash bees, and solitary bees. Where the same plants have non-bee pollinators such as birds or ...
This category contains the native flora of Florida as defined by the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions. Taxa of the lowest rank are always included; taxa of higher ranks (e.g. genus) are only included if monotypic or endemic. Include taxa here that are endemic or have restricted distributions (e.g. only a few countries).
The bees begin to emerge from their cocoons in the spring when the daytime temperature reaches 14 °C (57 °F). [5] The males emerge first. They remain near the nesting site and wait for the females to emerge, which can be several days to weeks depending on the number of days of warm weather. The first thing the females do is mate.
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Its food plants include milkweeds, dustymaidens, lupines, medics, phacelias, and sages. [1] It also feeds on snapdragons, Clarkia, poppies, and wild buckwheats. [3] Milkweed is a favorite nectar source of Crotch's bumblebee. [8] Due to the role of bumble bees as pollinators, monarch butterflies benefit from this situation. [8]
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