In:
Journal of Hymenoptera Research, Pensoft Publishers, Vol. 74 ( 2019-12-30), p. 65-81
Abstract:
A recent restoration of the Basilica Cathedral in Casco Viejo, Panamá, revealed that prior to 1871–1876 female orchid bees ( Eufriesea surinamensis ) built large nesting aggregations high above the main altar, based on physical evidence dating to a nineteenth-century restoration. Bees constructed cells in approximately 120 clusters in six different aggregations on the reredos (“altarpiece”). Palynological analyses of cell contents showed that bees visited 48 species of plants, representing 43 genera and 23 families. Contents of bee cells reflect elements of floristic diversity surrounding Panama City that are seen in historical contemporaneous photographs of the nesting site and environs.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1314-2607
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1070-9428
DOI:
10.3897/jhr.74.39191
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Language:
Unknown
Publisher:
Pensoft Publishers
Publication Date:
2019
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2477175-2
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