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Bees as pollinators in Brazil - USP

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Solitary bees are specialized <strong>poll<strong>in</strong>ators</strong>. Centris is important for c<strong>as</strong>hew poll<strong>in</strong>ation. Above left, nests of Epicharis<br />

Dejeanii; above right, nest of Ptilothrix plumata; below left, nest of Centris tarsata. Solitary bees can be attracted to trap<br />

nests (below right), and moved to crops for poll<strong>in</strong>ation purposes.<br />

From Schl<strong>in</strong>dwe<strong>in</strong>, et al., 2003, A quantitative approach to <strong>as</strong>sess specialized bee plant poll<strong>in</strong>ator systems, <strong>in</strong> http://<br />

www.webbee.org acessed <strong>in</strong> March 10th 2006.

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