USGS Native Bee Photos
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Dianthidium simile nests in the base of clumps of grass in nest cells made of sand mixed with pine resin.
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Osmia distincta is a spring bee one often found gathering pollen from wild scrubby flowering plants.
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Perdita latior among the smallest species in North America measures 2 mm in length.
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Anthophora bomboides is a bumblebee look-alike, but from a completely different family than bumblebees and not forming colonies but nesting in exposed banks of soil.