carpenter bee: References & Edit History

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: University of Kentucky - College of Agriculture, Food and Environment - Carpenter Bees. Oct 02, 2026
Add new Web site: Animal Diversity Web - Xylocopa virginica (carpenter bee). Aug 14, 2026
Add new Web site: Scientific Reports - Carpenter bee thorax vibration and force generation inform pollen release mechanisms during floral buzzing. Jun 19, 2026
Add new Web site: University of Georgia Extension - CAES Field Report - Carpenter Bees: A Serious Pest of Wooden Structures in the Landscape. Mar 28, 2026
Add new Web site: University of California - Integrated Pest Management - Carpenter Bees. Feb 10, 2026
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Large carpenter bees show high dispersal in a tropical semi‐arid region susceptible to desertification. Aug 22, 2025
Add new Web site: The Royal Society Publishing - Biology Letters - Phylogeny of the carpenter bees (Apidae: Xylocopinae) highlights repeated evolution of sociality. Jun 14, 2025
Add new Web site: Clemson Cooperative Extension - Home and Garden Information Center - Carpenter Bees. Nov 29, 2024
Revised species count. Oct 04, 2024
Article thoroughly revised. Oct 03, 2024
Add new Web site: NC State Extension Publications - Carpenter Bees. Aug 30, 2024
Add new Web site: University of Hawai'i - College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources - Carpenter Bees. Jul 16, 2024
Media added. Jun 07, 2024
Add new Web site: Cornell University - College of Agriculture and Life Sciences - Carpenter Bees. May 24, 2024
Add new Web site: University of Tennessee System - Institute of Agriculture - Nature�s Right-Angle Drill: Carpenter Bees. Apr 12, 2024
Add new Web site: Texas A and M AgriLife Extension Service - AES Texas Pesticide Safety Education Program - Carpenter Bees (PDF). Feb 29, 2024
Add new Web site: USDA - Forest Service - Carpenter Bees (Xylocopa spp.). Nov 10, 2023
Add new Web site: Royal Society of Chemistry Publishing - Phylogeny of the carpenter bees (Apidae: Xylocopinae) highlights repeated evolution of sociality. Sep 12, 2023
Add new Web site: PennState Extension - Carpenter Bees. Jul 19, 2023
Add new Web site: University of Maryland Extension - Carpenter Bees. May 26, 2023
Add new Web site: University of Kentucky - College of Agriculture, Food and Environment - Carpenter Bees. Apr 16, 2023
Added cross-references throughout. Mar 03, 2023
Media added. Mar 03, 2023
Add new Web site: Ohio State University - Ohioline - Carpenter Bees. Feb 22, 2023
Add new Web site: University of Missouri Extension - Carpenter Bees. Jan 10, 2023
Add new Web site: PestNet - Carpenter Bees. Aug 07, 2012
Add new Web site: PestNet - Carpenter Bees. Aug 07, 2012
Media added. Sep 12, 2008
Article revised and updated. Mar 29, 2007
Added new Web site: Ohio State University Extension Fact Sheet - Carpenter Bees. Jun 09, 2006
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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