Utah State University DigitalCommons@USU All PIRU Publications Pollinating Insects Research Unit 1950 The Alkali Bee, Nomia melanderi Ckll., a Native Pollinator of Alfalfa George E. Bohart Utah State University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/piru_pubs Part of the Entomology Commons Recommended Citation Bohart, George E. 1950. The Alkali Bee, Nomia melanderi Ckll., a Native Pollinator of Alfalfa. Proc. 12th Alfalfa Improv. Conf., Lethbridge, Alberta. p. 32-35. This Conference Paper is brought to you for free and open access by the Pollinating Insects Research Unit at DigitalCommons@USU. It has been accepted for inclusion in All PIRU Publications by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@USU. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. / E .2- Proc. 12th Alfalfa Improveme:1t Conference, Lethbridge, A l i..; c ;:- t~:" 1950. PP~ 32-35. THE f:.LI""-".J.l BEE, ilomin melancleri. C!~ll. A tiATIVE FOLLIHATOR OF .u.F~'.LF !. Geo::-ge E. Bohart u.s. LegU@e 3eed Researc~ Laboratory, Logan, Utah The alh ali bee belongs to the subgenus Acun,mia '(·!hose rJeC'!J;:-s are the only l:Jorth A11erican bees '(·lith apical transv~r£G bands .:>f iri desc.ent pal~ green to greenish-bronze on the abdominal ::;e gn:e nt s ~ Q, {ll.) -w.elnnderi, 1;-1hich is about t u o-thi rds as large as a hone7 :;'!e, ::.s w~ch the larg~s'i: of the three species o f this group inhabiting t he territory fro;.,1 the Rocky ~·Iountains Hestuard. It: is also the on~y one in '(·1i1ic!1 t:he feaale hes a gree~ band, or a ·;: least its remnan<:s, on the first seg1:1eni: .