Osmia bees

Andrikopoulos, C. J., and J. H. Cane. 2018a. Comparative pollination efficacies of five bee species on raspberry. Journal of Economic Entomology 111:2513–2519.

Andrikopoulos, C. J., and J. H. Cane. 2018b. Two prolonged bee visits suffice to maximize drupelet set for red raspberry. HortScience 53:1404–1406.

Cane, J. H. 2002. Pollinating bees (Hymenoptera: Apiformes) of U.S. alfalfa compared for rates of pod and seed set. Journal of Economic Entomology 95:22–27.

Cane, J. H. 2005a. Pollination needs of arrowleaf balsamroot, Balsamorhiza sagittata (Heliantheae: Asteraceae). Western North American Naturalist 65:359–364.

Cane, J. H. 2005b. Pollination potential of the bee Osmia aglaia for cultivated red raspberries and blackberries (Rubus: Rosaceae). HortScience : a publication of the American Society for Horticultural Science 40:1705–1708.

Cane, J. H. 2006. The Logan BeeMail shelter: A practical, portable unit for managing cavity-nesting agricultural pollinators. American Bee Journal 146:611–613.

Cane, J. H. 2008a. An effective, manageable bee for pollination of Rubus bramble fruits, Osmia aglaia. Acta Horticulturae 777:459–464.

Cane, J. H. 2008b. Pollinating bees crucial to farming wildflower seed for U.S. habitat restoration. Pages 48–64 in R. R. James and T. L. Pitts-Singer, editors. Oxford Univ. Press, NY.

Cane, J. H. 2011. Specialist Osmia bees forage indiscriminately among hybridizing Balsamorhiza floral hosts. Oecologia 167:107–116.

Cane, J. H. 2012. Dung pat nesting by the solitary bee, Osmia (Acanthosmioides) integra (Megachilidae: Apiformes). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 85:262–264.

Cane, J. H. 2014. The oligolectic bee Osmia brevis sonicates Penstemon flowers for pollen: a newly documented behavior for the Megachilidae. Apidologie 45:678–684.

Cane, J. H. 2016. Adult pollen diet essential for egg maturation by a solitary Osmia bee. Journal of Insect Physiology 95:105–109.

Cane, J. H. 2017. Specialist bees collect Asteraceae pollen by distinctive abdominal drumming (Osmia) or tapping (Melissodes, Svastra). Arthropod-Plant Interactions 11:257–261.

Cane, J. H. 2019. Scientific note: cavity-nesting <i>Osmia bruneri<i/> bees (Megachilidae) can use fruit pulp for nest construction. Apidologie 50:100–103.

Cane, J. H. 2025. Can larval Osmia bees (Megachilidae) tolerate conifer resin volatiles? Journal of Apicultural Research 64:297–301.

Cane, J.H. 2025. Diapausing cavity-nesting bees (Osmia, Megachile) resist winter desiccation stress. Insects 16 (9):946.

Cane, J. H., D. R. Gardner, and M. Weber. 2020. Neurotoxic alkaloid in pollen and nectar excludes generalist bees from foraging at death-camas, Toxicoscordion paniculatum (Melanthiaceae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 131:927–935.

Cane, J. H., T. Griswold, and F. D. Parker. 2007. Substrates and materials used for nesting by North American Osmia bees. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 100:350–358.

Cane, J. H., and B. Love. 2018. Pollen carryover between sequential foraging trips by a solitary bee: Implications for distant outcrossing. Journal of Pollination Ecology 24:136–143.

Cane, J. H., and B. G. Love. 2021. Hygroscopic larval provisions of bees absorb soil water vapor and release liquefied nutrients. Apidologie 52:1002–1016.

Cane, JH & BG Love. 2025. Foliar traits, taxonomic preferences, and foraging effort by Osmia bruneri bees acquiring leaf pulp for nest construction (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Biol J Linn Soc. 146(4):blaf092. https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blaf092

Cane, J. H., R. W. Rust, and G. W. Bohart. 2009. Resurrecting the bee Osmia aglaia Sandhouse from synonymy (Hymenoptera: Apiformes: Megachilidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 82:43–45.

Cane, J. H., and R. C. Spendal. 2024. Eggs of the bee Osmia lignaria endure weeks of prolonged cold weather. Apidologie 55.

Pitts-Singer, T. L., J. H. Cane, and G. Trostle. 2014. Progeny of Osmia lignaria from distinct regions differ in developmental phenology and survival under a common thermal regime. Journal of Insect Physiology 67:9–19.

Sampson, B. J., and J. H. Cane. 1999. Impact of enhanced ultraviolet-B radiation on flower, pollen, and nectar production. American Journal of Botany 86:108–114.

Sampson, B. J., and J. H. Cane. 2000. Pollination efficiencies of three bee (Hymenoptera : Apoidea) species visiting rabbiteye blueberry. Journal of Economic Entomology 93:1726–1731.

Sampson, B. J., J. H. Cane, G. T. Kirker, S. J. Stringer, and J. M. Spiers. 2009. Biology and management potential for three orchard bee species (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae): Osmia ribifloris Cockerell, O. lignaria (Say) and O. chalybea Smith, with emphasis on the former. Acta Horticulturae 810:549–556.

Sampson, B. J., J. H. Cane, and J. Neff. 1995. Blue bees for blueberries? Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station 42:12–3,15.

Sampson, B. J., S. J. Stringer, J. H. Cane, and J. M. Spiers. 2004. Screenhouse evaluations of a mason bee Osmia ribifloris (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) as a pollinator of blueberries in the southeastern United States. Small Fruits Review 3:381–392.

Spendal, R. C., and J. H. Cane. 2022. Multiple daily brood cells define the fecundity of Osmia lignaria bees in a semi-natural setting. Apidologie 53.

Strickler, K., and J. H. Cane. 2003. For non-native crops, whence pollinators of the future? Entomol. Soc. Amer., Lanham, Maryland.

Watrous, K. W., and J. H. Cane. 2011. Breeding biology of the threadstalk milkvetch, Astragalus filipes (Fabaceae), with a review of the genus. American Midland Naturalist 165:225–240.