How does the solitary bee Centris (Heterocentris) analis (Fabricius) find its nest?

How does the solitary bee Centris (Heterocentris) analis (Fabricius) find its nest? - Ecological Entomology, 46(5), p.1165-1176, 2021 .

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The knowledge of the sensory and cognitive abilities of insects is mostly restricted to studies with Drosophila and social hymenopteran species. Here, we investigated how a truly solitary bee localises and identifies its nest when spatial, chromatic, and chemical cues from and around its nest are manipulated.


CHEMICAL CUE
SENSORY ECOLOGY
SPATIAL INFORMATION
TRAP-NEST
TROPICAL BEE
VISUAL CUE.