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Nocturnal bee nest

Megalopta genalis

Description:

Megalopta bees are primitively social Halictid bees, nesting in twigs on the understory of rain forest. Bees burrow tunnels on the twigs and then construct cells with the sawdust for the inmatures.

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1 Comment

KristalWatrous
KristalWatrous 12 years ago

Very cool.

Juan DiTrani
Spotted by
Juan DiTrani

Colón, Panama, Panama

Spotted on Jun 8, 2011
Submitted on Nov 16, 2011

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