leaf-cutter bee

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

leaf-cutter, leaf-cutting bee

bee - any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species

genus Megachile, Megachile - type genus of the Megachilidae: leaf-cutting bees

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Webster, Kilsyth These perfectly round holes are caused by the leaf-cutter bee, which uses the foliage to line its nest.

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Bumble bees (Bombus spp.), the eastern carpenter bee (Xylocopa virginica L.), several species of halictids, the honey bee (Apis mellifera L.), the mining bee (Svastra atripes Cresson), and the leaf-cutter bee (Megachile brevis Say) were found to be common visitors of partridge pea flowers (Robertson, 1890; Hardin et al., 1972; Thorp and Estes, 1975; Wolfe and Estes, 1992; Williams et at, 2015).

Bee Contribution to Partridge Pea (Chamaecrista fasciculata) Pollination in Florida

One, a leaf-cutter bee in the genus Osmia, is in the same family (Megachilidae) as the Anthidium bee and has similar traits.