Progressive Reduction In The Mean Body Sizes Of Solitary Bees Active During The Flowering Season And Its Correlation With The Sizes Of Bee Flowers Of The Mint Family Lamiaceae

Avi Shmida; Reuven Dukas

doi:10.1080/0021213X.1990.10677138

Progressive Reduction In The Mean Body Sizes Of Solitary Bees Active During The Flowering Season And Its Correlation With The Sizes Of Bee Flowers Of The Mint Family Lamiaceae

Avi Shmida, Reuven Dukas^*

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Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences

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We investigated the body size of solitary bee species in a Mediterranean plant community of Israel in relation to the seasonal increase in air temperature during the flowering season. We found that the body sizes of the species of solitary bees that are active from March to August are negatively correlated with the seasonal increase in air temperature. Also, the seasonal decrease in the body sizes of bees is correlated with a progressive decrease in the flower sizes of bee-pollinated species of the mint family that blossom each month.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	133-1141
Number of pages	1009
Journal	Israel Journal of Botany
Volume	39
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/0021213X.1990.10677138
State	Published - 1 Jan 1990

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