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Field Notes on the Conservation of Wild Bees and their Natural Habitat in a Small Karoo Town in South Africa

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From the Field

Notes from a Wild Bee Reserve: Megachile discolor
Looking at a Desert Through the Lens of Bees: Diversity in Seemingly Sparse Environments
Bees of Bentiaba: From Ancient Seas to Desert Life in Angola
Life on the Edge. Ecological Dynamics of a Karoo Riverbank Nesting Aggregation.
Stone-Hard Nests in the Karoo: Observing Megachile taraxia
Keeping Bees Wild.
Banded Bee Pirates: Honeybee Hunters with a Sweet Tooth
Xylocopa io: The Rarely Seen Carpenter Bee
Far From Dead: The Surprising Biodiversity of Bare Ground
The nest environment as more than just a dwelling for the honeybee
About Bees, Naturally.
Honeybees and Gomphocarpus filiformis (lammerlat): A source of propolis in the Great Karoo
The Historic Heuningklip sites at Kleinmond (Overberg) and Herbertsdale (Southern Cape)
The Karoo is a tough place to be a bee!
Nature of the Interaction dynamics in the Tanqua Karoo

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