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Blue orchard bee
Osmia lignaria
Specimen No. 09
Osmia lignaria
North America
- Where
- North America
- Group
- Solitary bees
- Fact
- A metallic-blue mason bee that walls its nest cells with mud. One female may make nearly 60,000 blossom visits. Wikipedia
A single blue orchard bee female may make nearly 60,000 blossom visits in her life. Wikipedia Mason bees nest in holes and hollow stems and build mud walls between their cells. Wikipedia