Browsing by Author "Roubik, David W."

Bees, Ecological Roles Bees: Ecological Roles

Roubik, David W. (Springer International Publishing, 2020)

Body and wing morphology, flight metabolic rates, and wingbeat frequencies for 13 stingless bee species

Harrison, Jon F.; Duell, Meghan E.; Roubik, David W.; Klok, C. Jaco (Dryad, 2022)

Understanding the effect of body size on flight costs is critical for development of models of aerodynamics and animal energetics. Prior scaling studies that have shown that flight costs scale hypometrically have focused ...

Description of a new ant- and stingless-bee-loving species of Cryptostigma Ferris (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) from Ecuador living inside internodes of Cecropia (Urticaceae), with an updated key to the adult females and first-instar nymphs of the genus

Kondo, Takumasa; Roubik, David W. (2022)

A new soft scale species, Cryptostigma cecropiaphilum Kondo & Roubik, sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae), is described from specimens collected from inside hollow branches (internodes) of Cecropia ficifolia ...

Egg and Mature Larva of a Species of Plebeia with a Preliminary Overview of the Mature Larvae of the Meliponini Relative to Those of Other Corbiculate Taxa (Apoidea: Apidae)

Rozen, Jerome G.; Smith, Corey Shepard; Roubik, David W. (2019)

The egg and mature larva of a presently unnamed species of the bee genus Plebeia are anatomically described, illustrated, and compared with those of other known Meliponini, based on abundant specimens collected from two ...

An embellishment that became a mutualism: Inquiries on male bee tibial bouquets and fragrance-producing orchids in Panama and oceanic islands (Apidae: Apinae, Euglossini; Orchidaceae: Epidendroideae)

Roubik, David W.; Knudsen, Jette T. (2017)

Especies nuevas y filogenia de las abejas de fuego, Oxytrigona (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Meliponini)

Gonzalez, Victor H.; Roubik, David W. (2008)

Euglossini Pollen

Moreno, Enrique; Roubik, David W. (2021)

From paper: Sip and tell, whose bees are these? Floral hubs, nectar and pollen of orchid bees David W Roubik and J. Enrique Moreno

Expanded parameters to assess the quality of honey from Venezuelan bees (Apis mellifera)

Vit, Patricia; Rodríguez-Malaver, Antonio; Roubik, David W.; Moreno, Enrique; Souza, Bruno A.; Sancho, María T.; Fernández-Muiño, Miguel; Almeida-Anacleto, Daniela; Marchini, Luis C.; Gil, Florimar; González, Carolina; Aguilera, Greana; Nieves, Beatriz (2009)

Farmer influence on shade tree diversity in rustic plots ofCoffea canephorain Panama coffee-agroforestry

Fujisawa, Natsuho; Roubik, David W.; Inoue, Makoto (2020)

Coffee-agroforestry includes biodiversity conservation in tropical regions. The least economically valuable yet widely cultivated "robusta" coffee was studied in Panama, considering management practices and tree ...

Flower use by late nineteenth-century orchid bees (Eufriesea surinamensis, Hymenoptera, Apidae) nesting in the Catedral Basílica Santa María la Antigua de Panamá

Galgani-Barraza, Paola; Moreno, Jorge Enrique; Lobo, Sofia; Tribaldos, Wendy; Roubik, David W.; Wcislo, William T. (2019)

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 ...

Following the Amazonian Cecropia Bees

Roubik, David W. (2021)

Honey quality parameters, chemical composition and antimicrobial activity in twelve Ecuadorian stingless bees (Apidae: Apinae: Meliponini) tested against multiresistant human pathogens

Villacres-Granda, Irina; Coello, Dayana; Proano, Adrian; Ballesteros, Isabel; Roubik, David W.; Jijon, Gabriela; Granda-Albuja, Genoveva; Granda-Albuja, Silvana; Abreu-Naranjo, Reinier; Maza, Favian; Tejera, Eduardo; Gonzalez-Paramas, Ana M.; Bullon, Pedro; Alvarez-Suarez, Jose M. (2021)

Ecuadorian honey samples of eight genera and 12 stingless bee species from three geographic regions (Andes, Amazon and Pacific) were studied for their physicochemical parameters, chemical composition, mineral elements and ...

The importance of insects on land and in water: a tropical view

Crespo-Pérez, Verónica; Kazakou, Elena; Roubik, David W.; Cárdenas, Rafael E. (2020)

Long-term (1979-2019) dynamics of orchid bees in Panama

Roubik, David W.; Basset, Yves (Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, 2021)

Live sighting of Euglossini at baits in Pipeline Road, Panama, 1979-2018Trapping (cineole baits) of Euglossini on Barro Colorado Island, Panama, 2009-2019

Long-term (1979-2019) dynamics of protected orchid bees in Panama

Roubik, David W.; Basset, Yves; Lopez, Yacksecari; Bobadilla, Ricardo; Perez, Filonila; Ramirez S, Jose Alejandro (2021)

Plants and pollinators are linked but their dynamics are scarcely known. Chemical monitoring of male "orchid bees" at two sites revealed 75% of species were stable or increasing. Forest bees of 33 species, with ...

Long-term consequences of the African honey bee invasion: implications for the United States

Roubik, David W. (1986)

Mutualism within a parasitism within a mutualism: the bees and coccids that inhabit Cecropia ant-plants

Roubik, David W. (2021)

Neotropical bee microbiomes point to a fragmented social core and strong species-level effects

Kueneman, Jordan G.; Bonadies, Ernesto; Thomas, Devin; Roubik, David W.; Wcislo, William T. (2023)

Background Individuals that band together create new ecological opportunities for microorganisms. In vertical transmission, theory predicts a conserved microbiota within lineages, especially social bees. Bees exhibit ...

Neotropical Meliponini: Paratrigonoides mayri, new genus and species from western Colombia (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Apinae) and phylogeny of related genera

Camargo, João M. F.; Roubik, David W. (2005)

Nest Structure: Stingless Bees

Roubik, David W. (Springer International Publishing, 2020)

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