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Horned-face bee

Osmia cornifrons

Specimen No. 10
Osmia cornifrons
Japan, Korea, China and Russia; introduced to the north-eastern USA

Horned-face bee (Osmia cornifrons)
Photo: USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab from Beltsville, Maryland, USA, Public domain, Commons
Where
Japan, Korea, China and Russia; introduced to the north-eastern USA
Group
Solitary bees
Fact
Named for little horns on its face. By the end of the 20th century more than half of Japan's apple orchards used it for pollination. Wikipedia

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