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Specialist bees among native short-faced bees

12 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of plants, by observations.

  • Beebalm Shortface Dufourea monardae Pollen specialist on Monarda 329 observations
  • Phacelia Shortface Dufourea mulleri Pollen specialist on Phacelia and Nemophila 196 observations
  • Pickerelweed Shortface Dufourea novaeangliae Pollen specialist on Pontederia 164 observations
  • Black Shortface Dufourea maura Pollen specialist on Campanula 76 observations
  • Barrel Cactus Shortface Dufourea echinocacti Pollen specialist on Ferocactus and Echinocactus 54 observations
  • All-blue Shortface Dufourea holocyanea Pollen specialist on Symphoricarpos 31 observations
  • Dufourea trochantera Pollen specialist on Phacelia 23 observations
  • Sunflower Shortface Dufourea marginata Pollen specialist on Solidago, Helianthus, Grindelia and 1 more 19 observations
  • Dufourea calochorti Pollen specialist on Calochortus 10 observations
  • Bellflower Shortface Dufourea campanulae Pollen specialist on Campanula 6 observations
  • Dufourea versatilis Pollen specialist on Mimulus 5 observations
  • Dufourea afasciata Pollen specialist on Trifolium 1 observations

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