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Male orchid bees are specialised to visit particular species of neotropical orchid. This is a mutualistic arrangement in which the male bee benefits from gathering the fragrance ingredients supplied by the flower which he stores in his hollow hind legs, and the orchid benefits by being pollinated. [1] The male uses the fragrances during courtship.
Euglossa cordata is a primitively eusocial orchid bee of the American tropics. [2] The species is known for its green body color and ability to fly distances of over 50 km. Males mostly disperse and leave their home nests, while females have been observed to possess philopatric behavior. [3]
The special fragrance collection organs are seen on the large hind legs of this Euglossa viridissima as it sleeps on a leaf. Male orchid bees have uniquely modified legs which are used to collect and store different volatile compounds (often esters) throughout their lives, primarily from orchids in the subtribes Stanhopeinae and Catasetinae, where all species are exclusively pollinated by ...
Euglossa imperialis is a bee species of the Euglossini tribe and Apidae family. The Euglossini are better known as "orchid bees," as they are known to interact almost exclusively with flowering orchid species as pollinators, and are known to search for nectar and chemical fragrances as well.
Euglossa is a genus of orchid bees ().Like all their close relatives, they are native to the Neotropics; an introduced population exists in Florida.They are typically bright metallic blue, green, coppery, or golden.
Eulaema meriana is a large-bodied bee species in the tribe Euglossini, otherwise known as the orchid bees. The species is a solitary bee and is native to tropical Central and South America. [ 1 ] The male collects fragrances from orchid flowers, which it stores in hollows in its hind legs.
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Species of this genus are known to pollinate orchids and tamarillo plants, as well as a number of other flowering plants. [citation needed] Euglossine bees are of great ecological importance to a number of orchids for which they are the sole pollinators. [2] Information is needed on which species of orchid in particular is visited by E. mixta.
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