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Small bee - Andrena

Small bee - Andrena
Ottawa, Ottawa-Carleton, Ontario, Canada
April 3, 2012
Size: about 7 mm
There were many of these very small bees on a sunny south-facing slope, mating, and going in and out of burrows in the soil, as well as pollen gathering on the willow catkins. I am hopeful that someone can identify them. I am guessing they are either Colletes or Andrenids.

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