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Thread: Honey Bee population effects on native Bumble and wild bees

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    Quote Originally Posted by Easy beesy View Post
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    Are you using semi social to describe the bees more commonly referred to as 'solitary'?

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    Hi,
    nope bumble bees are semi social. (aren't they?) Solitary are solitary.

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    Hi Calum
    Can I ask then which bees are eusocial? I thought bumbles were classed as eusocial?
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    What interests me is the idea that many eusocial and semisocial bees are
    The effect on the eusocial and semisocial bees population of the

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    Hi

    short answer:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bee#Eus...emisocial_bees
    so my mistake in my response. Still any one know of the effects on local populations of insects through introduction of kept honey bees in remote areas/islands? Could lead to loss of diversity which would be a shame.
    Last edited by Calum; 24-04-2012 at 09:44 PM.

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