Sean Prager and Jean Richardson. (2012) An ecological analysis of mating biology of Xylocopa virginica in southern Ontario. Ecological Entomology, 37(4): 283-292
Sean Prager and Fiona Hunter. (2011) Relationships between nest architecture and behavior in Xylocopa (Xylocopoides) virginica. Journal of Insect Behavior. 24 (4): 293-306
Dimitri A. Skandalis, Glenn J. Tattersall, Sean Prager, Miriam H. Richards. (2009) Body Size and Shape of the Large Carpenter Bee, Xylocopa virginica (L.) (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 82(1), 30-42.
Sean M. Prager, (2014). Comparison of a socially polymorphic carpenter bee reveals no advantage to social nesting. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 113: 998-1010