By interacting organism as written › B. affinis

Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Hydrangea, Actaea, Rhododendron, Tilia and Laportea were prominent in midsummer pollen samples

Taxon: HydrangeaHydrangeae1
Interactor: B. affinisBombus affinise2pollinator
Outcome: prominente1

Verbatim

t0
“Bombus affinis”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 101–115

e2
“pollen collected by B. affinis workers”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 451–489

e1
“The plant genera Hydrangea , Actaea , Rhododendron , Tilia , and (unexpectedly) Laportea were prominent in midsummer samples”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 907–1031

Title

The Appalbees menu: a multiyear, multilocus metagenetic assessment of pollen foraging by Appalachian Bombus affinis workers

Robert S. Cornman; Mark J. Hepner; Clint R.V. Otto PeerJ 2026. doi:10.7717/peerj.20284

Other claims from this paper (5)

Observation Rubus was a consistent forage contributor in late spring and early summer
Observation Securigera and Trifolium were detected before the Hydrangea bloom and again in late summer
Method / resource ITS2 detected more plant diversity than ITS1 in pollen metabarcoding
Observation Forage plant diversity was highest in late summer, driven by Asteraceae
Observation Forage plants differ regionally between Appalachia and the upper Midwest

Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Rubus was a consistent forage contributor in late spring and early summer

Taxon: RubusRubuse3
Interactor: B. affinisBombus affinise2pollinator
Outcome: consistent contributore3

Verbatim

t0
“Bombus affinis”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 101–115

e2
“pollen collected by B. affinis workers”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 451–489

e3
“with Rubus a consistent contributor in late spring and early summer”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1033–1100

Title

The Appalbees menu: a multiyear, multilocus metagenetic assessment of pollen foraging by Appalachian Bombus affinis workers

Robert S. Cornman; Mark J. Hepner; Clint R.V. Otto PeerJ 2026. doi:10.7717/peerj.20284

Other claims from this paper (5)

Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Securigera and Trifolium were detected before the Hydrangea bloom and again in late summer

Taxon: Securigera and TrifoliumTrifoliumSecurigerae4
Interactor: B. affinisBombus affinise2pollinator
Outcome: were detectede4
Qualifier: before the Hydrangea bloom and again in late summer afterwardse4

Verbatim

t0
“Bombus affinis”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 101–115

e2
“pollen collected by B. affinis workers”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 451–489

e4
“the genera Securigera and Trifolium were detected before the Hydrangea bloom and again in late summer afterwards”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1163–1275

Title

The Appalbees menu: a multiyear, multilocus metagenetic assessment of pollen foraging by Appalachian Bombus affinis workers

Robert S. Cornman; Mark J. Hepner; Clint R.V. Otto PeerJ 2026. doi:10.7717/peerj.20284

Other claims from this paper (5)

Observation Hydrangea, Actaea, Rhododendron, Tilia and Laportea were prominent in midsummer pollen samples
Observation Rubus was a consistent forage contributor in late spring and early summer
Method / resource ITS2 detected more plant diversity than ITS1 in pollen metabarcoding
Observation Forage plant diversity was highest in late summer, driven by Asteraceae
Observation Forage plants differ regionally between Appalachia and the upper Midwest

Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Forage plant diversity was highest in late summer, driven by Asteraceae

Taxon: AsteraceaeAsteraceaee7
Interactor: B. affinisBombus affinise2pollinator
Outcome: diversity of forage plantse7
Setting: late summere7

Verbatim

t0
“Bombus affinis”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 101–115

e2
“pollen collected by B. affinis workers”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 451–489

e7
“The diversity of forage plants was highest in late summer, driven primarily by various genera of Asteraceae”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1277–1384

Title

The Appalbees menu: a multiyear, multilocus metagenetic assessment of pollen foraging by Appalachian Bombus affinis workers

Robert S. Cornman; Mark J. Hepner; Clint R.V. Otto PeerJ 2026. doi:10.7717/peerj.20284

Other claims from this paper (5)

Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Two dead teneral beetles were found inside imported Lathyrus seeds.

Taxon: LathyrusLathyruse0
Interactor: B. affinisBruchus affinise0pest
Outcome: two dead, teneral B. affinis individuals inside Lathyrus seedse0

Verbatim

e0
“We have found two dead, teneral B. affinis individuals inside Lathyrus seeds imported from Europe”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 751–848

Title

Palaearctic seed beetle Bruchus affinis (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Bruchinae) new to North America, arrival, distribution, and autecology

Hume B. Douglas; Stéphane Dumont; Karine Savard; et al. ZooKeys 2022. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1128.90016

Other claims from this paper (6)

Observation Bruchus affinis was found as a new North American record.
Observation Lathyrus flowering began in mid June at study sites.
Observation Beetle oviposition followed Lathyrus flowering in late June.
Observation First beetle adults emerged in late August, about 60 days after the egg stage.
Observation Dinarmus basalis was newly recorded as a parasitoid of Bruchus affinis in Canada.
Observation Dinarmus basalis caused about 10% Bruchus affinis mortality at the study sites.

Observationobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Dinarmus basalis caused about 10% Bruchus affinis mortality at the study sites.

Taxon: LathyrusLathyruse1
Interactor: B. affinisBruchus affinise0pest
Second interactor: Dinarmus basalisDinarmus basalise0biocontrol_agent
Outcome: mortality in B. affinise0
Value: about 10%e0

Verbatim

e0
“Dinarmus basalis (Rodani, 1877) (Hymenoptera, Pteromalidae) was newly recorded as parasitoid of Bruchus affinis in Canada, and caused about 10% mortality in B. affinis at our sites”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1155–1335

e1
“Lathyrus seeds”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 813–827

Title

Palaearctic seed beetle Bruchus affinis (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Bruchinae) new to North America, arrival, distribution, and autecology

Hume B. Douglas; Stéphane Dumont; Karine Savard; et al. ZooKeys 2022. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1128.90016

Other claims from this paper (6)

Observation Bruchus affinis was found as a new North American record.
Observation Two dead teneral beetles were found inside imported Lathyrus seeds.
Observation Lathyrus flowering began in mid June at study sites.
Observation Beetle oviposition followed Lathyrus flowering in late June.
Observation First beetle adults emerged in late August, about 60 days after the egg stage.
Observation Dinarmus basalis was newly recorded as a parasitoid of Bruchus affinis in Canada.

Observationobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Nectar spur perforation by B. affinis did not affect plant fertility.

Taxon: DICENTRA CUCULLARIADicentra cucullariat0
Interactor: B. affinisBombus affinise5other
Outcome: plant fertilitye5
Qualifier: did not affecte5

Verbatim

t0
“THE POLLINATION ECOLOGY OF DICENTRA CUCULLARIA”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 0–46

e5
“Nectar spur perforation by B. affinis nectar‐foraging queens did not affect plant fertility, and this behavior was related only in part to forager tongue length”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 871–1031

Title

THE POLLINATION ECOLOGY OF DICENTRA CUCULLARIA

Lazarus Walter Macior American Journal of Botany 1970. doi:10.1002/j.1537-2197.1970.tb09785.x

Other claims from this paper (8)

Associationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Nectar spur perforation by B. affinis was related only in part to forager tongue length.

Taxon: DICENTRA CUCULLARIADicentra cucullariat0
Interactor: B. affinisBombus affinise5other
Outcome: Nectar spur perforatione5
Qualifier: related only in part to forager tongue lengthe5

Not reportedDirection

Verbatim

t0
“THE POLLINATION ECOLOGY OF DICENTRA CUCULLARIA”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 0–46

e5
“Nectar spur perforation by B. affinis nectar‐foraging queens did not affect plant fertility, and this behavior was related only in part to forager tongue length”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 871–1031

Title

THE POLLINATION ECOLOGY OF DICENTRA CUCULLARIA

Lazarus Walter Macior American Journal of Botany 1970. doi:10.1002/j.1537-2197.1970.tb09785.x

Other claims from this paper (8)

Observationobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Nectar spur perforation by B. affinis queens did not affect Dicentra cucullaria plant fertility.

Taxon: Dicentra cucullariaDicentra cucullariat0
Interactor: B. affinisBombus affinise7pollinator
Outcome: plant fertilitye7
Qualifier: nectar spur perforation by B. affinise7

Verbatim

e7
“Nectar spur perforation by B. affinis nectar-foraging queens did not affect plant fertility”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 871–962

t0
“Dicentra cucullaria”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 27–46

Title

The Pollination Ecology of Dicentra cucullaria

Lazarus Walter Macior American Journal of Botany 1970. doi:10.2307/2440374

Other claims from this paper (9)

Observationauthor interpretationoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Neonate workers showed possibly innate perforation behavior not directed specifically at nectar-bearing parts.

Taxon: AquilegiaAquilegiat0
Interactor: B. affinisBombus affinise0pollinator
Outcome: mandibular perforation behavior is not instinctively directed toward nectar-bearing floral partse0

Verbatim

e0
“neonate workers from a cultivated B. affinis colony suggested that a probably innate mandibular perforation behavior is not instinctively directed toward nectar-bearing floral parts”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 967–1148

t0
“Aquilegia”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 65–74

Title

Foraging Behavior of Bombus (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Relation to Aquilegia Pollination

Lazarus Walter Macior American Journal of Botany 1966. doi:10.2307/2439803

Other claims from this paper (9)

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