Acknowledgments
This project was supported in part by a Western SARE “Research and
Education” grant (#SW17-077) to PI Theresa L. Pitts-Singer. We thank
Byron Love, Jim Cane, William Alston, Mary-Kate Williams and Craig
Huntzinger for their field work efforts in Utah and Idaho and Lindsie
McCabe for sharing knowledge about the history of Osmia in
agriculture in the U.S. We also thank Steve Peterson of Foothill Bee
Ranch for sharing specimens and knowledge about O. lignaria for
this study. The United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural
Research Service (USDA-ARS) is an equal opportunity/affirmative action
employer and all agency services are available without discrimination.
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