Please go to the following site for a novel (but not recent) take on take on identifying pollen collect by native, rare bees in Hawaii. Hylaeus bees store pollen in their crops, not on their legs. This molecular study claims they identified pollen to species three-years after the bees ingested it.<div>
<br></div><div><a href="http://invasivespecies.ucsd.edu/pubs/wilson%20et%20al%202010.pdf" target="_blank">http://invasivespecies.ucsd.edu/pubs/wilson%20et%20al%202010.pdf</a><br><div><br></div><div>Also, here's the web page of a talented young man working on the role of these bees in the pollination of remnants of native hawaiian vegetation. </div>
<div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.hawaii.edu/zoology/students/paldrich.htm">http://www.hawaii.edu/zoology/students/paldrich.htm</a></div><div><br></div><div>Peter</div><div><br></div><div><br></div>
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