Andrena astragali, Toxicoscordion venenosum

Death camas miner bee on a death camas flower

• ... that the nectar and pollen of meadow death camas (pictured) and its relatives are so toxic that no bee except the death camas miner bee (pictured) can eat them? Source: Cane, James H. (October 2018). "Co-dependency between a specialist Andrena bee and its death camas host, Toxicoscordion paniculatum". Arthropod-Plant Interactions. 12 (5): 657–662. doi:10.1007/s11829-018-9626-9 Quote: "In this study, T. paniculatum, T. venenosum and co-flowering forbs were sampled for bees at 15 sites along a 900-km-long east–west transect across the northern Great Basin plus an altitudinal gradient in northern Utah’s Bear River Range. Only A. astragali bees were regularly seen visiting flowering panicles of these Toxicoscordion."
  Cane, James H; Gardner, Dale R; Weber, Melissa (2 December 2020). "Neurotoxic alkaloid in pollen and nectar excludes generalist bees from foraging at death-camas, Toxicoscordion paniculatum (Melanthiaceae)". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 131 (4): 927–935. doi:10.1093/biolinnean/blaa159. Quote: "These two death-camas species are the sole floral hosts of the solitary andrenid bee Andrena astragali Ckll., which in turn was the only bee species (or any other insect) found regularly visiting these flowers across much of the plant’s geographic ranges (Cane, 2018)."
  • ALT1: ... that death camas miner bees (pictured) mainly consume toxic nectar and pollen from meadow death camas (pictured) and its close relatives? Source: Same as above.
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Vanna Venturi House
  • Comment: Open to wording changes. My first nomination of two articles at the same time.

🌿MtBotany ( talk) 19:36, 21 April 2024 (UTC).

• Since this is a two-article nomination, you need a second QPQ. The hook, article conditions, and eligibility check out, and I don't see any evidence of copyvio. You do need to bold the linked terms, however. Generalissima ( talk) (it/she) 21:19, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
  • Thanks for the information @ Generalissima:. Sorry I missed that if two articles are nominated at once it needs two QPQ. Thanks for fixing my formatting errors. I have another review in progress for Cora Babbitt Johnson. I'll try to review another nomination in case it takes longer than I anticipate. 🌿MtBotany ( talk) 03:09, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
    • @ MtBotany: You don't need to wait for the previous review to completely finish before using it as a QPQ, as long as you have done your due diligence in the initial check for the article. Generalissima ( talk) (it/she) 03:11, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
      • Another thing for me to learn! Educational evening. Thanks for your attention. I should still do one so I have an extra in my back pocket for next time. I'm looking at improving other plant articles for DYK in time for their blooming seasons. The meadow death camas in my garden are up and getting energy, they will be blooming in Colorado in about a week and I'm seeing current year observations on iNaturalist 🌿MtBotany ( talk) 03:21, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

• @ Generalissima: Can this be approved? If not, what needs to happen to get it approved? Z1720 ( talk) 14:07, 2 May 2024 (UTC)

• • Oh, yes. This can be approved now. My bad for not stating so. Generalissima ( talk) (it/she) 14:13, 2 May 2024 (UTC)