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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees » Leafcutter, Mason, and Resin Bees, and allies (Megachilidae) » Leafcutter, Resin, Mortar, Sharptail, Mason, and Woolcarder bees and relatives (Megachilinae) » Mason bees and relatives (Osmiini) » Mason Bees (Osmia) » Subgenus Osmia (Osmia Subgenus Osmia) » Hornfaced Bee (Osmia cornifrons)

Species Osmia cornifrons - Hornfaced Bee

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)
No Taxon (Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees)
Family Megachilidae (Leafcutter, Mason, and Resin Bees, and allies)
Subfamily Megachilinae (Leafcutter, Resin, Mortar, Sharptail, Mason, and Woolcarder bees and relatives)
Tribe Osmiini (Mason bees and relatives)
Genus Osmia (Mason Bees)
No Taxon (Subgenus Osmia)
Species cornifrons (Hornfaced Bee)
Other Common Names
Hornfaced mason bee
Japanese hornfaced bee
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Osmia cornifrons (Radoszkowski)
Orig. Comb: Chalicodoma cornifrons Radoszkowski 1887
Range
Native to East Asia. Deliberately introduced to eastern North America by USDA scientists where now widely distributed.
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Season
mostly: Mar-May (BG data)
Food
The Hosts section on its Discover Life species page lists known floral associations based on specimen records and images.
Remarks
They are used in Japan to pollinate apple trees and were deliberately introduced to the United States by USDA scientists in the 1970s for the same purpose, even though the very similar native species Osmia lignaria occurs here and can be managed in a similar way.
Osmia cornifrons is now widely established and numerous in the Eastern United States.
More information including creating Propagation blocks and Updated Recommendations for Growers with Osmia cornifrons.
This is not a native pollinator.
Print References
Matthew I. McKinney and Yong-Lak Park. 2012. Nesting Activity and Behavior of Osmia cornifrons (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) Elucidated Using Videography. Psyche, Article ID 814097, 7 pages.
Internet References
Discover Life
Osmia cornifrons image
Basic biology and management of the Japanese hornfaced bee - MAAREC
Wikipedia
Psyche, a Journal of Entomology. Nesting Activity and Behavior of Osmia cornifrons (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) Elucidated Using Videography
Contributed by Ted Kropiewnicki on 26 March, 2008 - 4:49pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, John S. Ascher, hg, PaleoJon
Last updated 16 July, 2021 - 8:51pm

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