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5401CF179553FF96FF59E121FBE83A5A.text	5401CF179553FF96FF59E121FBE83A5A.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Halictus poeyi Bees	<div><p>Behaviour of H. poeyi Bees</p><p>Daily activity patterns. The fiRst individuaLs weRe oBseRved depaRting fRoM theiR night Roost cLusteRs at appRoxiMateLy 07:00, with Most Bees having Left By 09:00. RetuRn to the cLusteRs Began aRound 15:00, with fuLL ReasseMBLy typicaLLy coMpLete By 16:30. TheRe appeaRed to Be a degRee of daiLy inteRchange Between cLusteRs. FoR exaMpLe, CLusteR #2 and CLusteR #4 weRe unpopuLated on soMe nights, whiLe Bee nuMBeRs at CLusteR #1 and CLusteR #2 fluctuated daiLy, suggesting potentiaL MoveMent Between cLusteRs. Cluster formation and posture. Within cLusteRs, Bees weRe not in diRect physicaL contact with one anotheR. InteR-individuaL spacing was at tiMes MiniMaL, possiBLy as LittLe as 1 MM, But no antennaL contact was oBseRved. UnLike soMe otheR species (CheMsak and ThoRp 1962; KaiseR 1995; ALves-dos-Santos et aL. 2009), H. poeyi individuaLs weRe neveR seen hanging By theiR MandiBLes. Instead, Bees adopted a pRone position on the suBstRate, incLuding on the undeRsides of floweR heads, cLinging upside down using theiR taRsaL cLaws. TheRe was no visiBLe daMage to the floweRs used as cLusteRing suBstRates, suggesting a non-destRuctive Roosting BehaviouR. Landing and flower interaction. Upon Landing, individuaL Bees weRe oBseRved vigoRousLy “BuRRowing” into the disc floRets of B. pilosa (Fig. 11). The puRpose of this BehaviouR -whetheR foR feeding oR sheLteR fRoM wind -ReMains undeteRMined. On 17 OctoBeR, a MaLe Bee Landing on a B. pilosa floweR was oBseRved to waggLe its aBdoMen side to side. A second Bee aLReady pResent at the saMe floweR Responded with siMiLaR BehaviouR. This Bee then flew to a neaRBy B. pilosa floweR, ReMained theRe foR appRoxiMateLy 30 seconds, and RetuRned to the oRiginaL floweR. The function of this BehaviouR is unknown, But it May Be coMMunicative oR ReLated to teRRitoRy oR Mating. Response to disturbance. The Bees weRe non-aggRessive when distuRBed BefoRe dusk and typicaLLy ReMained MotionLess, even when LightLy touched. AfteR appRoxiMateLy 08:00, soMe individuaLs weRe oBseRved flying off when appRoached cLoseLy, indicating incReased Responsiveness duRing MoRning activity peRiods. Female observations. A feMaLe H. poeyi was oBseRved onLy once, on 16 NoveMBeR 2024, visiting a B. pilosa floweR at appRoxiMateLy 15:30. This individuaL was Located neaR a LaRge aggRegation of appRoxiMateLy 150 MaLe Campsomeris sp. ( ScoLiidae) wasps. The feMaLe Bee aLso coLLected nectaR fRoM floweRs of Mikania micrantha HB Kunth ( AsteRaceae). End of seasonal activity. By eaRLy DeceMBeR, no Bees oR wasps weRe oBseRved in the aRea, apaRt fRoM a few ReMaining Campsomeris sp. individuaLs on the now fading M. micrantha floweRs. This cessation of activity coRResponded with the onset of ReguLaR RainfaLL.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5401CF179553FF96FF59E121FBE83A5A	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	GenaRo, Vaughan A. TuRLand JuLio A.	GenaRo, Vaughan A. TuRLand JuLio A. (2025): OBseRvations of MaLe Halictus poeyi LepeLetieR (HyMenopteRa: HaLictidae) in theiR nighttiMe Roosting cLusteRs on floRaL pLants in JaMaica, AntiLLes. Insecta Mundi 2025: 1-11, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20494984
