leaf-cutting bee

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bee that cuts rounded pieces from leaves and flowers to line its nest

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It's the species that Pigs-Singer studies--the alfalfa leaf-cutting bee. It offers a great advantage over alkali bees.

Most bees live alone: no hives, no honey, but maybe help for crops

BUG WATCH If you are looking for a culprit to blame for the lozenge-shaped notches bitten off around the edges of some of your favourite garden shrubs, then choose the Leaf-cutting Bee.

WILD about GARDENING

A distributional checklist of the leaf-cutting bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) of Florida.

Range extension of Megachile lanata (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae), a non-native sunn hemp pollinator, in Florida

Look for caterpillars, beetles (some feed only at night), snails or slugs, or more rarely by leaf-cutting bees. The second mode of insect feeding is by sipping or sucking the sugar-rich sap from plants.

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