Squash bee - 2 (IMAGE)

Penn State

Squash bee - 2

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Historically, the squash bee’s (Eucera pruinosa) primary source of pollen was the wild buffalo gourd (Curcurbita foetidissima), a baseball-sized squash that grew in the deserts of Mexico and the southwestern United States. Today, the bee has expanded its range to include domesticated squashes across North America.

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Margarita Lopez-Uribe, Penn State

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