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  2. Squash bee - Wikipedia

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    The name squash bee, also squash and gourd bee, is applied to two related genera of bees in the tribe Eucerini; Peponapis and Xenoglossa.Both genera are oligoleges (pollen specialists) on the plant genus Cucurbita and closely related plants, although they usually do not visit watermelon, cucumber, and melon plants. [1]

  3. Peponapis pruinosa - Wikipedia

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    Peponapis pruinosa is a species of solitary bee in the tribe Eucerini, the long-horned bees.Its common name is the eastern cucurbit bee.It may be called the squash bee, but this name can also apply to other species in its genus, as well as the other squash bee genus, Xenoglossa. [1]

  4. Cucurbita - Wikipedia

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    Cucurbita female flower with pollinating squash bees. All species of Cucurbita have 20 pairs of chromosomes. [15] Many North and Central American species are visited by specialist pollinators in the apid tribe Eucerini, especially the genera Peponapis and Xenoglossa, and these squash bees can be crucial to the flowers producing fruit after ...

  5. Why Bees Do the Waggle Dance - AOL

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    The above video shows a fascinating look at the behavior of a colony of bees in their hive. ... the further away the flowers are. The angle of the waggle communicates to the others which direction ...

  6. Watch where you step! These bees may be digging holes in your ...

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    Turns out that ground bees do not damage yards, even if the little dirt mounds from their digging may look unattractive, according to DTEK Live Bee Removal. Ground bees are considered to be great ...

  7. A Stroll Through the Garden: Managing squash bugs to minimize ...

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    A female squash bug lays bronze-colored oval eggs on the underside of the leaves of the squash family plants. Each squash bug female can lay as many as 18 eggs near the main vein on the leaf where ...

  8. Peponapis - Wikipedia

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    Peponapis is a genus of bees belonging to the family Apidae. [1] They are Squash bees, specialized pollinators of squashes and related plants. The species of this genus are found in North America. [1] Species: [1] Peponapis apiculata (Cresson, 1879) Peponapis atrata (Smith, 1879) Peponapis azteca Hurd & Linsley, 1966; Peponapis citrullina ...

  9. Three Sisters (agriculture) - Wikipedia

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    The Ancestral Puebloans adopted this garden design in the drier deserts and xeric shrublands environment. The Tewa and other peoples of the North American Southwest often included a "fourth Sister", the Rocky Mountain beeplant, which attracts bees to help pollinate the beans and squash. [10]