Solitary Bee
There exist solitary bees that are native to most regions of the world. In this classification of bees, there is no queen bee, and therefore every female is fertile. There are no worker bees for these species, as essentially laying females act as both a worker and queen in and of her self. Solitary bees typically don’t produce honey or beeswax on a harvestable scale.
Solitary bees are especially important as pollinators as many feral social bees are in danger, due to dwindling numbers and parasites.
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Uploaded Jun 7, 2013. Captured May 23, 2013 12:59 in Barton Lane, Exeter, Devon EX2, UK.
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http://www.earthlife.net/insects/solbees.html
...shows various illustrations of many Solitary Bees when you click the links. Still makes it very difficult though :) Posted 7 years ago