SEASONAL OCCURRENCE AND ABUNDANCE IN A COMMUNITY OF WILD BEES FROM AN OLD FIELD HABITAT IN SOUTHERN ONTARIO

Publisher Website
Google Scholar
Abstract
An apoidean community in southern Ontario was intensively sampled over two seasons. One hundred and forty-one species in six families were collected. The species–abundance relationship exhibited a log-normal distribution. Flight activity began before late April and continued past late September. Most species were active for only a brief portion of that period. The most abundant species were known to be primitively social. Thirty-six of the species were parasitic bees. A number of other specialized parasitoids of the orders Diptera, Coleoptera, and Hymenoptera were recorded.

This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit: