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Polinator Bees

Course Code	: BİO550
Course Type	: Area Elective
Couse Group	: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language	: Turkish
Work Placement	: N/A

Theory	: 2
Prt.	: 2
Credit	: 3
Lab	: 0
ECTS	: 6

Objectives of the Course

To learn importance of bees, general morphology and life styles of bees, groups of bees and to identify genera of bees.

Course Content

The role of bees in nature, general morphology of bees, classification of bees, bees of Colletidae Halictidae, Andrenidae, Melittidae, Megachilidae, Apidae families, solitary and social lifes, collecting of bee specimens from nature, conservation of bee species in museums

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Learning Outcomes

1.	Comprehends the importance of bees
2.	Learns the general morphology and life styles of bees
3.	Recognizes the groups of bees
4.	Can identify genera of bees
5.	Can evaluate the importance of pollinator bees on ecosystem health and biodiversity

Recommended or Required Reading

1.	Michener, C. 2000. Bees of the world. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore & London, UK, 913 pp.
2.	Osytshnjuk, A.Z., L. Romasenko, J. Banaszak and T. Cierzniak, 2005. Andreninae of the Central and Eastern Palaearctic Part 1, Polish Entomological Monographs Vol. 2. Poznan, Polish Entomological Society, Bydgoszcz., Polland, 235 pp.
3.	Dubitzky, A., 2005. Studies in Phylogeny and Biosystematics of Bees: The Bee Genus Andrena (Andrenidae) and The Tribe Anthophorini (Apidae) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Fakultät für Biologie der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität PhD, München, Germany,213 pp.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week 1 - Theoretical

The role of bees in nature

Week 1 - Practice

Differences between Apiformes and Spheciformes

Week 2 - Theoretical

General morphology of bees

Week 2 - Practice

Study on morphology of bees

Week 3 - Theoretical

Classification of bees

Week 3 - Practice

Differences between short-tongued and lon-tongued bees

Week 4 - Theoretical

Bees of Colletidae family

Week 4 - Practice

Study on Colletidae specimens

Week 5 - Theoretical

Bees of Halictidae family

Week 5 - Practice

Study on Halictidae specimens

Week 6 - Theoretical

Bees of Andrenidae family

Week 6 - Practice

Study on Andrenidae specimens

Week 7 - Theoretical

Bees of Melittidae family

Week 7 - Practice

Study on Melittidae specimens

Week 8 - Practice

Field trip

Week 9 - Theoretical

Bees of Megachilidae family

Week 9 - Practice

Study on Megachilidae specimens

Week 10 - Theoretical

Bees of Apidae family, Xylocopinae subfamily

Week 10 - Practice

Study on Xylocopinae specimens

Week 11 - Theoretical

Bees of Apidae family, Nomadinae subfamily

Week 11 - Practice

Study on Nomadinae specimens

Week 12 - Theoretical

Bees of Apidae family, Apinae subfamily

Week 12 - Practice

Study on Apinae specimens

Week 13 - Theoretical

Solitary and Social lifes

Week 14 - Theoretical

Collecting of bee specimens from nature

Week 14 - Practice

Preparing of bee specimens as museum materials and conservation of bee species in museums

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Type of Assessment	Count	Percent
Midterm Examination	1	%30
Final Examination	1	%70

Workload Calculation

Activities	Count	Preparation	Time	Total Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory	14	1	2	42
Assignment	12	2	1	36
Laboratory	12	1	2	36
Land Work	1	1	5	6
Reading	12	0	1	12
Practice Examination	1	5	1	6
Midterm Examination	1	8	1	9
Final Examination	1	8	1	9
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)				156

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

	PÇ-1	PÇ-2	PÇ-3	PÇ-4	PÇ-5	PÇ-6	PÇ-7	PÇ-8	PÇ-9	PÇ-10
OÇ-1
OÇ-2	2	5	2	5	3	4	2	3	5	4
OÇ-3
OÇ-4
OÇ-5

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