Greeting all,
This old man would be pleased to learn how to pronounce megachile
(megachilid ?) sclupturalis. Am I to understand it is a bee as in
Bumble(hummer) (bombus) bee? As I understand Doug Yanega in Brazil, it
is a bee, I think. What does it do to a colony of honey bees. Why
should we be looking over our shoulders for this Asian species. ABC &
XYZ has information on the Megachile rotundata, seems it is a leaf
cutter. A benign creature as far as our honey bees are concerned. A
solitary bee, the M. rotundata will pasture on legume species. Prefers
Alfalfa it says here. Regards Jon C. Peacock [log in to unmask]
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