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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!

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

Aspecto

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

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Common

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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.

Habilidades especiales

Habilidad

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.

Habilidad

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.

Habilidad

Powerful Jaw Worker

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

Medidas y detalles

Envergadura
25-40 mm
Tamaño
15-25 mm
Esperanza de vida
30-60 días
Velocidad de vuelo
20 km/h
Cantidad de patas
6

Dieta y alimentación

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

Alimentos principales

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

Método de búsqueda

  • Foraging

Conexiones ecológicas

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.

Rasgos

También conocido como

Resin BeeSculptured Bee

Colecciones

Seguridad

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Preguntas frecuentes

¿Cuál es el envergadura de Sculptured Resin Bee?

25-40 mm

¿Cuál es el tamaño de Sculptured Resin Bee?

15-25 mm

¿Cuál es el esperanza de vida de Sculptured Resin Bee?

30-60 días

¿Cuál es el velocidad de vuelo de Sculptured Resin Bee?

20 km/h

¿Qué come Sculptured Resin Bee?

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

¿Dónde se encuentra normalmente Sculptured Resin Bee?

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

¿Cómo caza Sculptured Resin Bee?

Foraging

¿Cuál es el cantidad de patas de Sculptured Resin Bee?

6

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