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HYMENOPTERA, APOIDEA (Hylaeidae). -- <Images>
& <Juveniles> Clausen (1940) considered this family under the
Apoidea, noting that they were a small family of primitive bees that make
their nests in stems of plants, in burrows in the soil, or in various holes
and crevices. Several members of the
principal genus Hylaeus (Prosopis) have been observed in Hawaii
by Perkins and are stated to live at the expense of other bees of the family,
although the exact relationships were not known. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = References: Please refer to <biology.ref.htm>, [Additional references
may be found at: MELVYL
Library] Cockerrel,
T. D. A. 1939. Bees from the Caroline
and Palau Islands and Yap (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Occasional Papers of the B. P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii
15(5): 61-66. Cockerell, T. D. A. 1942.
Bees of the family
Hylaeidae from the Ethiopian region
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