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178:. Unlike other sweat bees, they are not attracted to human sweat. They are generally green or blue, especially the head and thorax. Sometimes the abdomen in females is green or blue, although it may be striped, and most males have the yellow-striped abdomen on a black or metallic background. They superficially resemble various members of another tribe, the
198:. In this and other communal species, multiple females share the same nest entrance, but beneath the common entrance burrow, they construct their own portion of the nest. Thus, each female digs her own brood cells and collects pollen and nectar to fashion the pollen ball upon which she will lay an egg.
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Agapostemon angelicus Cockerell Relative to Hybrid Cottonseed Production in Texas (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)".
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Agapostemon angelicus Cockerell Relative to Hybrid Cottonseed Production in Texas (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)".
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Yanega, D. (1989-02-01). "Caste determination and differential diapause within the first brood of
Halictus rubicundus in New York (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)".
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346:Agapostemon chiriquiensis
318:Agapostemon atrocaeruleus
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577:Agapostemon viequesensis
521:Agapostemon rhopalocerus
507:Agapostemon peninsularis
458:Agapostemon melliventris
535:Agapostemon semimelleus
528:Agapostemon sapphirinus
423:Agapostemon jamaicensis
416:Agapostemon intermedius
353:Agapostemon coloradinus
339:Agapostemon chapadensis
325:Agapostemon boliviensis
556:Agapostemon swainsonae
493:Agapostemon obscuratus
430:Agapostemon kohliellus
284:have been identified:
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144:Guérin-Méneville, 1844
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752:Worldwide species map
591:Agapostemon viridulus
584:Agapostemon virescens
549:Agapostemon splendens
500:Agapostemon ochromops
465:Agapostemon mexicanus
451:Agapostemon leunculus
409:Agapostemon insularis
395:Agapostemon heterurus
388:Agapostemon femoratus
332:Agapostemon centratus
304:Agapostemon angelicus
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735:at Wikimedia Commons
542:Agapostemon sericeus
486:Agapostemon obliquus
367:Agapostemon cubensis
280:Over 40 species of
563:Agapostemon texanus
479:Agapostemon nasutus
444:Agapostemon lanosus
374:Agapostemon cyaneus
360:Agapostemon columbi
290:Agapostemon aenigma
42:Agapostemon texanus
634:10.1007/bf00299641
570:Agapostemon tyleri
472:Agapostemon mourei
437:Agapostemon krugii
381:Agapostemon erebus
311:Agapostemon ascius
297:Agapostemon alayoi
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954:Bee genera
943:Categories
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261:A. texanus
176:Halictidae
169:sweat bees
118:Halictidae
88:Arthropoda
642:0340-5443
270:honey bee
248:angelicus
233:Argentina
128:Halictini
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