Bees are often thought of as yellow and black striped insects that live in hives and produce
honey. However, Australia’s abundant native bees are incredibly diverse in their appearance …

This is the first revision of seven genera of Australian hylaeine bees. The genus Gephyrohylaeus
Michener is recorded from Australia for the first time. Some morphological features of …

A megilla daH'soni. Australia's largest anthophorine bee, annually produces a single generation
from July to September. Females nest solitarily or more often gregariously in flat, hard, …

The mating systems of seven previously unstudied members of the colletid bee genus
Hylaeus Fabricius and one of Hyleoides Smith are described. Male mating tactics can be …

… Tery E Houston … study of them are given in part I (Houston 1975) and need not be repeated
here. … employed here is the same as that used and explained in part I (Houston 1975). …

Euryglossa (Euhesma) tubulitera sp. n. is remarkable for its enormously enlarged maxillary
palpi, which cohere to form a slender tube up to 80% as long as the head and body. The tube …

Ctenocolletes consists of chiefly vernal species which forage at plants in several families.
Some species appear to prefer particular kinds of nectar and pollen but not necessarily of the …

Trichocolletes orientalis is an Australian solitary, ground-nesting bee, reported to have some
unusual aspects to its nesting biology. Prime among these, and a focus for the present study…

In order to assess the possible contribution of bolboceratine beetles to the dispersal of
mycorrhizal fungal spores, faeces and/or gut contents of adults of several species and genera …

Some males of the Australian colletid bee Hylaeus alcyoneus defend single flowering spikes
of various species of Banksia, selecting spikes in the maturational state most attractive to …