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Day 5 of National Pollinator Week: The Leafcutter Bee

Day 5 of National Pollinator Week: Meet the leafcutter bee, family Megachilidae. It's a native pollinator, a solitary bee,  and about the size of a honey bee.    Its coloration--the black-and-white banded abdomen--makes it easily...

A leafcutter bee (family Megachilidae) foraging on Verbena in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A leafcutter bee (family Megachilidae) foraging on Verbena in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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