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Colletes hederae, the ivy mining bee, is a late-flying European species first described in 1937 that strictly forages on the nectar of blooming ivy plants.
Colletes inaequalis, the cellophane bee, is an early spring pollinator native to North America famous for lining its underground nests with a clear, waterproof film.
Colletes hederae, commonly called the ivy bee, is a solitary plasterer bee formally described as a distinct species in 1993. It occurs in Europe and is especially visible in late summer and autumn, when females collect pollen primarily from flowering ivy, although they can visit other plants. Female...
Colletes fodiens is a Palearctic plasterer bee described by Fourcroy in 1785, notable for lining its ground nest with a waterproof cellophane-like secretion.
Colletes halophilus is a solitary plasterer bee associated closely with coastal salt marshes in southern and eastern England and nearby parts of continental Europe. Females excavate nests in bare or sparsely vegetated soil, while adults are active in late summer and commonly gather pollen from sea a...
Colletes succinctus, the heather mining bee, is a European species recognized for its strict oligolectic relationship with heather plants in sandy heathland environments.
Colletes inaequalis is a species of plasterer bee native to North America, first described by Thomas Say in 1837. Often called the cellophane bee, it is distinguished by its habit of lining its underground nest cells with a clear, polymer-like secretion to protect its offspring. These solitary bees...
Colletes thoracicus is a North American plasterer bee described by Smith in 1853, notable for the reddish hair covering its thorax and its early spring flight.
Colletes cunicularius, commonly known as the spring mining bee, is a solitary bee species described by Carl Linnaeus in 1761. These bees are found across Europe and parts of Asia, where they emerge in early spring to create nesting burrows in sandy soils, particularly in coastal dunes. Females colle...
Colletes succinctus is a solitary plasterer bee in the family Colletidae, formally described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. It occurs across parts of the Palearctic and is strongly associated with heathland, where females commonly collect pollen from heathers such as ling and bell heather. Females excava...
Colletes daviesanus is a solitary bee in the plasterer bee family, Colletidae, found across much of Europe. Females excavate nest burrows in firm soil, clay banks, soft masonry, or mortar and line the brood cells with a waterproof, cellophane-like secretion characteristic of the genus Colletes. Adul...
Colletes validus is a North American plasterer bee described in 1868, uniquely adapted to pollinate lowbush blueberries due to its unusually long tongue and early spring emergence.
Colletes compactus is a North American plasterer bee described by Ezra Cresson in 1868, known for creating dense nesting aggregations in sandy soils across the eastern US.
Colletes judaicus is a plasterer bee described in 1955 native to the Middle East, recognized for its crucial role in pollinating almond orchards across Israel and Jordan.
