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Phenology and social status of the endemic Sable Island Sweat Bee, Lasioglossum sablense
No. 124 (2024)

New research on the sweat bee Lasioglossum sablense, a species endemic to Sable Island, Canada, reveals a unique mix of univoltine and bivoltine cycles along with both solitary and social nesting behaviors.
Special Issue: Advancing Wild Bee Research and Conservation Through Standardized Methods
No. 123 (2024)

This special issue series features seven articles from the U.S. National Native Bee Monitoring Research and Coordination Network. Each article has undergone peer review and copy editing and is available for early access ahead of the full issue’s release.
Critical thermal maxima differ between groups of insect pollinators and their foraging times: Implications for their responses to climate change
No. 122 (2024)

Bees show higher thermal tolerance than flies, with timing of foraging also impacting resilience. Flies may be more at risk, underscoring the need for further study.
Bees that love tears: A review of Lisotrigona congregating at human and animal eyes (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Meliponini)
No. 121 (2024)

Stingless bees (Meliponini) display unique behaviors like tear-drinking (lachryphagy). This review offers updated insights into its origins, ecological role, and potential for pathogen transmission.
First record of Xenoglossa (Cemolobus) ipomoeae (Robertson, 1891) in Mississippi: Distribution, ecology, and conservation implications
No. 120 (2024)

Xenoglossa (Cemolobus) ipomoeae, a rare specialist bee, has been found in Mississippi for the first time.
A new name for Hoplitis (Alcidamea) truncata Wu, 1993 (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)
No. 119 (2024)

Hoplitis (Alcidamea) wuae Sheffield, a new name replacing Hoplitis (Liosmia) truncata Wu, 1993, which had been preoccupied by Hoplitis truncata (Cresson, 1878) for over a century.
Andrena nimigracilis, a new species (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) from México
No. 118 (2024)

A new species of Andrena is described from Michoacán, Mexico, which remains unassigned to any of the currently recognized subgenera within the genus.
The cleptoparasitic bee genus Odyneropsis in México (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Epeolini)
No. 117 (2024)

A new species of the cleptoparasitic genus Odyneropsis is described from the state of Jalisco, México. Taxonomic and geographical data for other Mexican species are also provided.
Andrena nahua, a new bee species from central Mexico (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae: Andreninae)
No. 116 (2024)
Daily activity rhythm of the African stingless bee Hypotrigona gribodoi (Hymenoptera: Meliponini) in the dry season, with notes on nest structure and colony composition
No. 115 (2024)
New species of the stingless bee genus Plebeia (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
No. 114 (2022)
A new species of Scaptotrigona from Belize (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
No. 113 (2022)
Notes on South American stingless bees of the genus Scaptotrigona (Hymenoptera: Apidae), Part IV: Four new species of group B from the Andean region
No. 112 (2022)
Notes on South American stingless bees of the genus Scaptotrigona (Hymenoptera: Apidae), Part III: A revised infrageneric classification and new species
No. 111 (2022)
Notes on South American stingless bees of the genus Scaptotrigona (Hymenoptera: Apidae), Part II: Subgroup A of the postica species group
No. 110 (2022)
A new bee genus from the pampas of eastern Argentina, with appended notes on the classification of “paracolletines” (Hymenoptera: Colletidae)
No. 109 (2022)
Notes on the stingless bee genera Scaura and Geotrigona (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
No. 108 (2022)
Two new genera of South American Eulonchopriini (Hymenoptera: Colletidae)
No. 107 (2021)
A key to the species of Nanoplebeia, with descriptions of four new species (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
No. 106 (2021)
Stingless bees in Miocene amber of southeastern China (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
No. 105 (2021)
The first case of gynandromorphy in Centris pallida (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Centridini)
No. 104 (2021)
New genera of melikertine bees with facial modifications in Baltic amber (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
No. 103 (2021)
First records, phenology, habitat, and host-plant associations of Macrotera opuntiae (Cockerell) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in Montana
No. 102 (2021)
Two new species of Andinopanurgus (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae: Panurginae), with a description of the female of A. amyae
No. 101 (2021)
Gynandromorph of the squash bee Eucera (Peponapis) pruinosa (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Eucerini) from an agricultural field in western Pennsylvania, USA
No. 100 (2021)
Record of Anthophora (Clisodon) terminalis in a wooden trap-nesting block and comparison to available nesting information (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
No. 99 (2020)
A new vernal species of Hesperapis from the lower Midwestern United States (Hymenoptera: Melittidae)
No. 98 (2020)
Traditional uses and relative cultural importance of Tetragonula iridipennis (Smith) (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) in Nepal
No. 97 (2020)
A new species of the previously monotypic Neotropical cleptoparasitic bee genus Rhynostelis, with notes on Rhynostelis multiplicata (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)
No. 96 (2020)
Genera of the bee tribe Reedapini (Hymenoptera: Colletidae)
No. 95 (2020)
An overlooked family-group name among bees: Availability of Coelioxoidini (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
No. 94 (2020)
Hylaeus (Hylaeana) dominicalis, a new species and the first colletid bee recorded from Dominica, Lesser Antilles (Hymenoptera: Colletidae: Hylaeinae)
No. 93 (2020)
Notes on the classification of Ctenocolletes (Hymenoptera: Stenotritidae)
No. 92 (2019)
First record of <i>Hylaeus</i> (<i>Gnathoprosopis</i>) <i>euxanthus</i> (Hymenoptera: Colletidae) in Chile
No. 91 (2019)
On the classification of North American <i>Chelostoma</i> (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)
No. 90 (2019)
New species of the augochlorine bee genus <i>Stilbochlora</i>, with a preliminary key (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)
No. 89 (2019)
Notes on Papuasian and Malesian stingless bees, with the descriptions of new taxa (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
No. 88 (2019)
A new genus of augochlorine bees from northern Venezuela (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)
No. 87 (2019)
The bee fauna of an Atlantic coastal plain tidal marsh community in southern New England, USA
No. 86 (2019)
Morphological phylogeny of Megachilini and the evolution of leaf-cutter behavior in bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)
No. 85 (2019)
<i>Halictus hedini hedini</i> (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) newly recorded from Japan, revealed by DNA barcoding and morphology
No. 84 (2019)
On the identity of <i>Colletes neoqueenensis</i> (Colletidae: Colletinae) from southern South America
No. 83 (2019)
Generalist ground-nesting bees dominate diversity survey in intensively managed agricultural land
No. 82 (2019)
Euryglossina (Euryglossina) perpusilla (Hymenoptera: Colletidae: Euryglossinae) nesting in pre-formed cavities in Bankisa attenuata (Proteaceae)
No. 81 (2018)
Michener centenary: Memories
No. 80 (2018)
A new socially parasitic Braunsapis (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Xylocopinae: Allodapini) from Vietnam, with a key to female socially parasitic Braunsapis in Asia.
No. 79 (2018)
A new genus of anthophorine bees from Brunei (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
No. 78 (2018)
Taxonomic note on the type species of Centris (Melanocentris) (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
No. 77 (2018)
A record of bilateral gynandromorphism in Epeolus (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae)
No. 76 (2018)
A new species of Mermiglossa from Kenya, with comments on the arrangement of Old World Panurginae (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae)
No. 75 (2017)
A tribute to Victor H. Gonzalez: Twenty years of melittological contributions.
No. 74 (2017)
A new subgenus of Heterotrigona from New Guinea (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
No. 73 (2017)
New records of bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) from the Maltese Islands
No. 72 (2017)
First record of the invasive bumble bee Bombus terrestris (Hymenoptera: Apidae) on Navarino Island, southern Chile (55°S)
No. 71 (2017)
Replacement names for bees in the tribe Megachilini (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)
No. 70 (2017)
Unusual nesting behavior in Megachile (Eutricharaea) rotundata (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)
No. 69 (2017)
A nesting aggregation of the solitary bee Megachile atrata (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) in the Philippines
No. 68 (2017)
Description of the previously unknown male of Systropha (Austrosystropha) macronasuta (Hymenoptera: Halictidae: Rophitinae) from Kenya
No. 67 (2017)
The native bee fauna of the Palouse Prairie (Hymenoptera: Apoidea)
No. 66 (2017)
Megachile sculpturalis, the giant resin bee, overcomes the blossom structure of sunn hemp (Crotalaria juncea) that impedes pollination
No. 65 (2016)
Two new species of Epeolini from northern Chile, with the first record of Triepeolus for the country and a key to Chilean species of Doeringiella (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
No. 64 (2016)
Colletes jankowskyi (Hymenoptera: Colletidae) newly recorded from Japan, with some biological notes and DNA barcodes
No. 63 (2016)
Bombus impatiens (Hymenoptera: Apidae) display reduced pollen foraging behavior when marked with bee tags vs. paint
No. 62 (2016)
A new species of Systropha from Thailand (Hymenoptera: Halictidae: Rophitinae)
No. 61 (2016)
Identifying bumble bees across India
No. 60 (2016)
First report of Monoeca in Argentina, with description of two new species (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
No. 59 (2016)
A new species of Colletes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) from northern Florida and Georgia, with notes on the Colletes of those states
No. 58 (2016)
Three years in and still going strong: An annual recap for the Journal of Melittology
No. 57 (2016)
First record of the invasive bee Anthidium manicatum (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) in Chile
No. 56 (2015)
Description of a nest of Euglossa heterosticta from Peru, with taxonomic notes (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
No. 55 (2015)
The bibliography of and taxa proposed by Charles D. Michener
No. 54 (2015)
A gynandromorph of Xylocopa augusti and an unusual record of X. iris from Brazil (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Xylocopini)
No. 53 (2015)
A review of the genera and subgenera of Oxaeinae (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae)
No. 52 (2015)
A replacement name in the genus Heriades (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)
No. 51 (2015)
The bumble bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus) of Arkansas, fifty years later
No. 50 (2015)
The floral hosts and distribution of a supposed creosote bush specialist, Colletes stepheni (Hymenoptera: Colletidae)
No. 49 (2015)
Megachile (Megachile) montivaga (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) nesting in live thistle (Asteraceae: Cirsium)
No. 48 (2015)
Supplementary note on the solitary bee fauna from the Suez Canal region of Egypt (Hymenoptera: Apoidea)
No. 47 (2015)
Notes on family-group names for bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea)
No. 46 (2015)
Another year of growth for the Journal of Melittology
No. 45 (2015)
Validation of some species- and genus-group names in Melitta (Hymenoptera: Melittidae)
No. 44 (2014)
A new paracolletine bee from Colombia (Hymenoptera: Colletidae), with an updated checklist of the tropical Andean bee fauna
No. 43 (2014)
A new species of Thyreus from northern Cameroon (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
No. 42 (2014)
Three new species of the bee genus Caenaugochlora from Central America and Colombia (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)
No. 41 (2014)
Recent fieldguides to neotropical stingless bees
No. 40 (2014)
First record of the cleptoparasitic bee genus Sphecodes from Puerto Rico (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)
No. 39 (2014)
The effect of photobleaching on bee (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) setae color and its implications for studying aging and behavior
No. 38 (2014)
A new stingless bee species of the genus Nogueirapis from Costa Rica (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
No. 37 (2014)
Revision of the orchid bee subgenus Euglossella (Hymenoptera: Apidae), part II
No. 36 (2014)
A new species of Ptiloglossa from Mexico, with new records of Ptiloglossa cyaniventris from Panama and Costa Rica (Hymenoptera: Colletidae)
No. 35 (2014)
Revision of the bee genus Chlerogella (Hymenoptera: Halictidae), Part IV: A new species from southwestern Colombia
No. 34 (2014)
The bee genus Caenaugochlora in Venezuela (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)
No. 33 (2014)
An unusually large and persistent male swarm of the stingless bee Tetragonula laeviceps in Thailand (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini)
No. 32 (2014)
A new species of Liphanthus from Peru (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae)
No. 31 (2014)
The first male of the extinct bee tribe Melikertini (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
No. 30 (2014)
Bees of the genera Dufourea and Dieunomia of Michigan (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Halictidae), with a key to the Dufourea of the eastern United States
No. 29 (2014)
Colletes kinabalu n. sp., first record of the genus for the Malay Archipelago and Southeast Asia (Hymenoptera: Anthophila: Colletidae)
No. 28 (2014)
Journal of Melittology: First year ‘abuzz’
No. 27 (2014)
Notes on male and female facial patterns in bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea), with comments on other aculeates
No. 26 (2013)
The bees of Early Eocene Cambay amber (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
No. 25 (2013)

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