Bee species of the superfamily : apoidea hymenoptera at Alexandria province and their allied regions of Egypt [electronic resource].

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The diversity of non Apis bees is important for high quality production of seeds, vegetables, and fruit crops. Due to the fast increasing of the agricultural reclaimed lands in the Northern part of Egypt, it was necessary to study the biodiversity of solitary bee populations in Alexandria and some surrounding Areas. About 3000 specimens of bees were collected from different locations from common cultivated and wild plants. Some important crops were subjected for the study specially clover, broad bean, canola and wild weeds. Results of the study revealed to the identification of twenty-nine species of bees. With the exception of the Melittidae family, all the bee families were present in the examined regions. The total number of species of each family were 4, 4, 6, 7, and 8 species for Andrenidae, Colletidae, Halictidae, Megachilidae, and, Apidae, respectively

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