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List of works by Michael C. Orr

A new bee species that excavates sandstone nests.

scientific article published in September 2016

A review and updated classification of pollen gathering behavior in bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea)

scientific article

A review of global trends in the study types used to investigate bee nesting biology

scientific article published in August 2022

A review of the cleptoparasitic bee genus Townsendiella (Apidae, Nomadinae, Townsendiellini), with the description of a new species from Pinnacles National Park

scientific article

An integrative bioinformatics pipeline shows that honeybee‐associated microbiomes are driven primarily by pollen composition

scientific article published in 2022

Bees of the genus Anthidium Fabricius, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae: Anthidiini) from China

scientific article published on 22 October 2020

Biodiversity data synthesis is critical for realizing a functional post-2020 framework

scientific article published in 2022

Bumblebees of the hypnorum-complex world-wide including two new near-cryptic species (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

scientific article published on 22 November 2022

Bumblebees with big teeth: revising the subgenus Alpigenobombus with the good, the bad and the ugly of numts (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

scientific article published in 2023

Chinese species of Nomia (Gnathonomia) Pauly, 2005 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Halictidae: Nomiinae)

scientific article

Chromosome-Level Genome Assembly of <i>Anthidium xuezhongi</i> Niu & Zhu, 2020 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae: Anthidiini)

scientific article published on 09 February 2022

Climatic and vegetational drivers of insect beta diversity at the continental scale

scientific article published on 11 December 2019

Comparison of large-scale citizen science data and long-term study data for phenology modeling

Comparison of large‐scale citizen science data and long‐term study data for phenology modeling

scientific article published on 24 December 2018

Comparison of the pollination efficiency of Apis cerana with wild bees in oil-seed camellia fields

scientific article published on 12 August 2021

Completeness analysis for over 3000 United States bee species identifies persistent data gap

scientific article published in 2023

Condition-dependent migratory behaviour of endangered Atlantic salmon smolts moving through an inland sea

scientific article

Correction to: Evidence for multiple introductions of an invasive wild bee species currently under rapid range expansion in Europe

scientific article published on 18 February 2021

Effectively and accurately mapping global biodiversity patterns for different regions and taxa

scientific article published in 2021

Erratum: Condition-dependent migratory behaviour of endangered Atlantic salmon smolts moving through an inland sea

scientific article published on 22 August 2016

Evidence for multiple introductions of an invasive wild bee species currently under rapid range expansion in Europe

scientific article published on 07 February 2021

Floral resource partitioning of coexisting bumble bees: Distinguishing species‐, colony‐, and individual‐level effects

scientific article published in 2024

Global Patterns and Drivers of Bee Distribution

scientific article published on 12 November 2020

Insufficient native pollinators during artificially induced early flowering decrease yield and long‐term economic viability of a tropical fruit crop

scientific article published in 2020

Integrative taxonomy of a new species of a bumble bee-mimicking brood parasitic bee, Tetralonioidella mimetica (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Apidae), investigated through phylogenomics

scientific article published in 2024

International scientists formulate a roadmap for insect conservation and recovery

scientific article published on 01 February 2020

Landscape-level effects on pollination networks and fruit-set of crops in tropical small-holder agroecosystems

scientific article published in 2022

Megachile ( Megachile ) montivaga (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) nesting in live thistle (Asteraceae: Cirsium)

scholarly article by Michael C. Orr et al published 25 March 2015 in Journal of Melittology

Negative impacts of dominance on bee communities: Does the influence of invasive honey bees differ from native bees?

scientific article

New and little-known bees of the genus Sphecodes Latreille, 1804 (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Halictidae) from Southern and South-Western China

scientific article

On the road: Anthropogenic factors drive the invasion risk of a wild solitary bee species

scientific article published on 01 March 2022

Overview of the bee genus Trachusa Panzer, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae: Anthidiini) from China with description of three new species

scientific article

Phylogenomic Interrogation Revives an Overlooked Hypothesis for the Early Evolution of the Bee Family Apidae (Hymenoptera: Apoidea), With a Focus on the Subfamily Anthophorinae

scientific article published in 2022

Regreening: green is not always gold

scientific article published on 5 April 2022

Relationships between wild bee abundance and fruit set of <i>Camellia oleifera</i> Abel

scientific article published in 2020

Reprint of: Tree diversity promotes predatory wasps and parasitoids but not pollinator bees in a subtropical experimental forest

scientific article published on 15 July 2021

Revision of the bee group Anthophora (Micranthophora) (Hymenoptera: Apidae), with notes on potential conservation concerns and a molecular phylogeny of the genus

scientific article published on 05 November 2018

Sampling biases shape our view of the natural world

scientific article published on 21 June 2021

Searching the web builds fuller picture of arachnid trade

scientific article published on 19 May 2022

Taxonomic utility of niche models in validating species concepts: A case study in Anthophora (Heliophila) (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

scientific article (publication date: 4 August 2014)

Taxonomy must engage with new technologies and evolve to face future challenges

scientific article published on 10 November 2020

The Whole Genome of<i>Colletes collaris</i>(Hymenoptera: Colletidae): An Important Step in Comparative Genomics of Cellophane Bees

scientific article published in 2023

The first draft genome of the plasterer bee Colletes gigas (Hymenoptera: Colletidae: Colletes)

scientific article published on 09 May 2020

The impact of heavy metal pollution on wild bee communities in smallholder farmlands

scientific article published in 2023

The rising threat of the invasive bumblebee Bombus terrestris highlights the need for sales restrictions and domestication of unique local biodiversity in Asia

scientific article published on 24 February 2022

Tree diversity promotes predatory wasps and parasitoids but not pollinator bees in a subtropical experimental forest

scientific article published on 15 March 2021

When did bumblebees reach South America? Unexpectedly old montane species may be explained by Mexican stopover (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

scientific article published in 2022

Working landscapes need at least 20% native habitat

article by Lucas A Garibaldi et al published 25 October 2020 in Conservation Letters

A taxonomic re-assessment of the widespread oriental bumblebee Bombus flavescens (Hymenoptera, Apidae)

scientific article published in 2023