Solitary or Leafcutter Bee (Megachile pruina pruina)
The Leafcutter Bee is native to Bermuda. Unlike the more well known Honey Bee, Leafcutter Bees do not live as a colony inside a hive.
Leafcutter Bee gathering pollen from Sea Oxeye flower on Southampton Island, Bermuda. (c) DENR, 2018.
Learn More:
Protected Species Recovery Plan for the Leafcutter Bee (Megachile pruina pruina) on Bermuda. Outerbridge and Sinclair, 2018.
Leafcutter Bee use of Grey Nicker leaves on Nonsuch Island. A. Copeland, Bermuda Botanical Society Newsletter, Feb. 2020.