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  <dc:contributor>Howard S. Ginsberg</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Steven R. Alm</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>Zachary Scott</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2016</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;We identified 41 species of native bees from a total of 1,083 specimens collected at cultivated highbush blueberry plantings throughout Rhode Island in 2014 and 2015. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Andrena&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt; spp., &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Bombus&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt; spp., and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Xylocopa virginica&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt; (L.) were collected most often. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Bombus griseocollis&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt; (DeGeer), &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;B. impatiens&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt; Cresson, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;B. bimaculatus&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt; Cresson, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;B. perplexus&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt; Cresson, and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Andrena vicina&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt; Smith collected the largest mean numbers of blueberry pollen tetrads. The largest mean percent blueberry pollen loads were carried by the miner bees &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Andrena bradleyi&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt; Viereck (91%), &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;A. carolina&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt; Viereck (90%), and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Colletes validus&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt; Cresson (87%). The largest mean total pollen grain loads were carried by &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;B. griseocollis&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt; (549,844), &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;B. impatiens&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt; (389,558), &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;X. virginica&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt; (233,500), and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;B. bimaculatus&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt; (193,132). &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Xylocopa virginica&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt; was the fourth and fifth most commonly collected bee species in 2014 and 2015, respectively. They exhibit nectar robbing and females carried relatively low blueberry pollen loads (mean 33%). Overall, we found 10 species of bees to be the primary pollinators of blueberries in Rhode Island.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:identifier>10.1093/ee/nvw094</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>Oxford University Press</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Native bee diversity and pollen foraging specificity in cultivated highbush blueberry (Ericaceae: &lt;i&gt;Vaccinium corymbosum&lt;/i&gt;) in Rhode Island</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
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