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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps » Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees » Plasterer Bees, Masked or Yellow-faced Bees (Colletidae) » Yellow-masked Bees (Hylaeus) » Subgenus Prosopis (Hylaeus Subgenus Prosopis)
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Bee Sp. Unknown - Hylaeus - female
Copyright © 2005 Ann C. Pettigrew

Bee Sp. Unknown - Hylaeus - Female
York, York County, Pennsylvania, USA
August 26, 2005
Size: approximately 1 cm
This was a small bee as you might be able to tell from the leaf surface that he is on. If I remember correctly he was on a multiflora rose or similar plant. Thanks for your help. I appreciate it.
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Contributed by Ann C. Pettigrew on 30 August, 2005 - 8:27pm
Last updated 19 November, 2009 - 8:26pm

Moved
Moved from Yellow-masked Bees.
… John S. Ascher, 19 November, 2009 - 8:26pm login or register to post comments

My guess is
it's a beewolf of some kind...see Guide Pages. You might want to wait and see what Eric thinks.
… Lynette Schimming, 31 August, 2005 - 6:02am login or register to post comments

 
Wrong.
This is a female yellowfaced bee in the genus Hylaeus. Lynette can be forgiven, as the genus resembles wasps much more than bees:-) Male specimens of Hylaeus usually have at least the bottom half of the face entirely yellow, hence the common name. They are solitary, each female nesting in a burrow, or pre-existing cavity in wood, or in hollow plant stems.
… Eric R. Eaton, 31 August, 2005 - 12:42pm login or register to post comments

 
Yellow-faced Bee
Thanks for your help, Eric. I appreciate it.
… Ann C. Pettigrew, 31 August, 2005 - 1:38pm login or register to post comments

 
beewolf
Thanks, Lynette. That is one that I have not heard of before which is why I love this website! Thanks again, Ann.
… Ann C. Pettigrew, 31 August, 2005 - 11:52am login or register to post comments

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