@article {1549,
	title = {Soils of ground-nesting bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea): texture, moisture, cell depth and climate},
	journal = {Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society},
	volume = {64},
	year = {1991},
	month = {1991///},
	pages = {406 - 413},
	abstract = {32 species of ground-nesting bees},
	keywords = {ANDRENIDAE, ANTHOPHORIDAE, Apoidea, BEHAVIOR-NESTING, CLIMATE, COLLETIDAE, ECOLOGY, Halictidae, Megachilidae, MELITTIDAE, SOIL},
	author = {Cane, J. H.}
}
@article {1559,
	title = {Nesting resins obtained from Larrea pollen host by an oligolectic bee, Trachusa larreae (Cockerell) (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)},
	journal = {Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society},
	volume = {69},
	year = {1996},
	month = {1996///},
	pages = {99 - 102},
	keywords = {BEHAVIOR-NESTING, LARREA, Megachilidae, NEST LINING, OLIGOLECTY, POLLEN, RESIN/SAP, Trachusa},
	author = {Cane, J. H.}
}
@article {1618,
	title = {The effect of diet breadth and nesting ecology on body size variation in bees (Apiformes)},
	journal = {Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society},
	volume = {73},
	year = {2000},
	month = {2000///},
	pages = {180 - 193},
	abstract = {Body size in animals influences survival, fecundity, and mating opportunity. For bees, parental provisioning behavior largely controls offspring body size. Because larger offspring of many bee species have fitness advantages, selection on body size should act through selection on parental provisioning behavior and restrict body size variation of each species. Many bet species show great variability in body size, however, which may indicate that adult females are often constrained in their ability to consistently produce large offspring. We compared body size variation within bee species for two life history traits that could influence offspring body size: dietary breadth (specialist or generalist) and nesting habit (ground-nesting or cavity-nesting). We determined the head width (a reliable correlate of body size) of 2276 bees belonging to 31 bee species from five families and calculated the body size variation fur each species. Body size variation, measured as the coefficient of variation in head size, did not differ between pollen specialists (oligoleges) and pollen generalists (polyleges) across 13 pairs of closely-related, sympatric bee species of similar body size. Cavity-nesting species showed significantly greater variation in body size than ground-nesting species, which suggests that the choice of nest cavities utilized may be a more important predictor of offspring body size than parental body size. The cleptoparasite Coelioxys sayi had similar body size variation to one of its hosts, Megachile brevis. The European honey bee, Apis mellifera, showed the least body size variation of any species measured},
	keywords = {APIS, Apoidea, BEE SIZE, BEHAVIOR, BEHAVIOR-NESTING, CLEPTOPARASITE, ECOLOGY, FITNESS, LARVAL PROVISIONS, LIFE HISTORY, MEGACHILE, MORPHOLOGY, OLIGOLECTY, POLLEN, POLYLECTY, SELECTION, SIZE, VARIATION},
	author = {Roulston,T.H. and Cane, J. H.}
}
@article { ISI:000258272900011,
	title = {Summer bees for spring crops? Potential problems with Megachile rotundata (Fab.) (Hymenoptera : Megachilidae) as a pollinator of lowbush blueberry (Ericaceae)},
	journal = {JOURNAL OF THE KANSAS ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY},
	volume = {81},
	number = {{3}},
	year = {2008},
	pages = {276-287},
	abstract = {The alfalfa leafcutter bee, Megachile rotundata (Fab.) (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae), was introduced into the lowbush blueberry, Vaccinium angustifolium and V. myrtilloides (Ericaceae), agro-ecosystems of Atlantic Canada and the state of Maine in the early 1990{\textquoteright}s. As a managed pollinator of this crop, this typical {\textquoteleft}{\textquoteleft}summer-active{\textquoteright}{\textquoteright} bee is released approximately one month earlier than for alfalfa pollination and therefore is exposed to a different set of climatological conditions, primarily night time temperatures which can reach as low as -8 degrees C during flowering. The objectives of this study were to investigate aspects of cold-hardiness in post-diapausing M. rotundata, and to determine the potential effects of subzero temperatures on adult females through studies of supercooling capacity and survival at low temperatures. Post-diapausing M. rotundata maintain a supercooling capacity below -23 degrees C until pupation, after which all developmental stages freeze between -15 degrees C and -17 degrees C. Fed and unfed adult females show significant differences in their supercooling capacity; -8 degrees C and -16 degrees C, respectively. Bees which have fed showed very little susceptibility to temperatures above -5 degrees C, but mortality significantly increased at -10 degrees C, and was 100\% at -15 degrees C. As such, M. rotundata populations are likely susceptible to unusually cool night time temperatures when used for lowbush blueberry pollination. The implications of earlier release times on bee biology and population recovery for pollination are discussed.},
	issn = {{0022-8567}},
	doi = {10.2317/JKES-710.23.1},
	author = {Sheffield, Cory S.}
}
@article { ISI:000265226600002,
	title = {Rapid Range Expansion of the Wool-Carder Bee, Anthidium manicatum (Linnaeus) (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae), in North America},
	journal = {JOURNAL OF THE KANSAS ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY},
	volume = {82},
	number = {{1}},
	year = {2009},
	pages = {21-29},
	abstract = {Anthidium manicatum (L.) is an adventive species of European origin first recorded in North America in the late 1960{\textquoteright}s; from that point until 2001 its range on the continent was restricted to the northeast-central USA and central Canada (Ontario, more recently Quebec). In 2005, this species was reported from Nova Scotia, a rapid and wide increase in its distribution. In this paper, we document a similar rapid spread of A. manicatum into western North America, including British Columbia and Idaho, and discuss the potential risks of this species in eastern Canada. In addition, the potential of DNA barcoding as a rapid and reliable means of recognizing adventive bee species is advocated.},
	issn = {0022-8567},
	author = {Gibbs, Jason and Sheffield, Cory S.}
}
@article {911,
	title = {Resurrecting the Bee Osmia aglaia Sandhouse from Synonymy (Hymenoptera: Apiformes: Megachilidae)},
	journal = {Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society},
	volume = {82},
	year = {2009},
	chapter = {43-45.},
	keywords = {1939, Osmia aglaia Sandhouse},
	author = {Cane, J. and Rust, R. W. and Bohart, G. W.}
}
@article {1590,
	title = {Resurrecting the bee Osmia aglaia Sandhouse from synonymy (Hymenoptera: Apiformes: Megachilidae)},
	journal = {Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society},
	volume = {82},
	year = {2009},
	month = {2009/01//},
	pages = {43 - 45},
	abstract = {<p>The western US bee Osmia aglaia Sandhouse is resurrected from synonymy with O. laeta Sandhouse. Confusion resulted from errors in paratype identification, which are herein corrected. New distinguishing morphological characters are provided that justify the specific status of O. aglaia</p>
},
	keywords = {Apoidea, Megachilidae, OSMIA, taxonomy},
	isbn = {0022-8567},
	url = {ISI:000265226600004},
	author = {Cane, J. H. and Rust, R. W. and Bohart, G. W.}
}
