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Dasypoda hirtipes, commonly known as the Pantaloon Bee, is a solitary bee species native to Europe. It belongs to the Melittidae family and is notable for its distinctive orange hairs on its hind legs – a trait that gives it its name. These mining bees create deep underground nests where they collec...
The Yellow Loosestrife Bee (Macropis europaea) is a solitary bee species native to Europe. It is highly specialized and notable for its strict oligolecty, meaning it collects floral oils and pollen almost exclusively from plants in the Lysimachia genus, commonly known as yellow loosestrife. The fema...
Macropis fulvipes is a solitary bee species belonging to the family Melittidae, native to the Palearctic realm. The species exhibits a highly specialized relationship with Lysimachia plants, from which females collect floral oils. These oils are used to waterproof their underground nests and are mix...
Melitta haemorrhoidalis is a solitary bee in the family Melittidae found in Europe and neighboring parts of the Palearctic. Females excavate nests in the ground and gather pollen primarily from bellflowers in the genus Campanula to provision their brood cells, making the species closely associated w...
Melitta tricincta is a solitary bee in the family Melittidae found in parts of Europe. It is strongly associated with red bartsia, Odontites vernus, from which females collect the pollen used to provision their underground brood cells; this narrow preference makes the bee dependent on habitats suppo...
