| Insects of Townsville, Australia - Graeme Cocks |
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Apidae |
Long-tongued bees in which the pollen is carried in corbiculae. Includes the highly social bees. |
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| Apis mellifera (Honeybee) | Thyreus nitidulus | Amegilla sp. | |
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| Xylocopa sp. (female) | Xylocopa sp. (male) | filename: gvc6344 | filename: gvc12539 |
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References:
Link to the Magnetic Island Wildlife Site for more information on the Carpenter Bees.
Insects of Australia (Chapter 42: Hymenoptera)
I.D. Naumann
CSIRO, Division of Entomology
1137pp (2 volumes), Melbourne University Press, 2nd Edition 1999.
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Wildlife of Tropical North Queensland
Editors: Michael Ryan and Chris Burwell
Queensland Museum publication, 2000