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A solitary, ground-nesting digger bee, Anthophora bomboides standfordina, at Bodega Head.

An Exciting Discovery About a Solitary, Ground-Nesting Digger Bee

  • by Kathy Keatley Garvey
  • June 20, 2024
  • University News
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Microbes found in the immature stages of a solitary bee that nests in sand cliffs along Pacific Coast beaches may be helping the bee defend itself from pathogens and protect it from cold stress, according to newly published research led by microbiologist Shawn Christensen of the Rachel Vannette Lab, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology.

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