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Sculptured Resin Bee

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The Sculptured Resin Bee is a small but fascinating insect that loves to collect resin from trees. These bees are great pollinators, helping flowers and plants grow all around us!

Lebensraum: Sculptured Resin Bees can be found in gardens, parks, and forests, where there are plenty of flowers.

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The Sculptured Resin Bee is a robust, large bee with a mostly dark brownish-black body. It has sparse yellowish-brown hairs on its head and thorax, and a noticeably broad head and powerful mandibles, making it look quite distinct from smaller, fuzzier native bees.

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Sculptured Resin Bee
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Sculptured Resin Bee

Kategorie

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

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Interessante Fakten

Female bees build individual 'apartments' for each egg, complete with a food supply.

It's an immigrant! This bee traveled all the way from Asia to new continents, expanding its home.

They use the sticky sap from trees to build their nests, not mud or twigs like other bees!

Unlike honeybees, they don't live in big colonies or make honey for us to eat.

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Resin Architect

Sculptured Resin Bee can construct durable nest cells from sticky tree resin because it hardens quickly, providing strong protection for its developing young.

Fähigkeit

Giant Pollen Gatherer

Has a large, sturdy body that allows it to carry substantial amounts of pollen, efficiently helping many flowers reproduce and spread seeds.

Fähigkeit

Powerful Jaw Worker

Can chew and mold tough resin using its strong mandibles because they are specialized tools, perfect for shaping its unique home.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
25-40 mm
Größe
15-25 mm
Lebenserwartung
30-60 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
20 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

Pollen and nectar fuel this bee, helping it grow and lay eggs.

Hauptnahrung

  • nectar
  • pollen
  • Lagerstroemia indica
  • Hibiscus syriacus
  • Pueraria montana

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

pollinates

Crape Myrtle

Lagerstroemia indica

A favorite flower for nectar.

pollinates

Rose of Sharon

Hibiscus syriacus

Provides essential pollen and nectar.

depends on

Eastern White Pine

Pinus strobus

Sources resin for nest construction.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Resin BeeSculptured Bee

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

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Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Sculptured Resin Bee?

25-40 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Sculptured Resin Bee?

15-25 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Sculptured Resin Bee?

30-60 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von Sculptured Resin Bee?

20 km/h

Was frisst Sculptured Resin Bee?

Pollen and nectar fuel this bee, helping it grow and lay eggs.

Wo findet man Sculptured Resin Bee normalerweise?

Sculptured Resin Bees can be found in gardens, parks, and forests, where there are plenty of flowers.

Wie jagt Sculptured Resin Bee?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Sculptured Resin Bee?

6

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