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Arthropods Daily – Issue No. 840 No. 840 |

Masked Bees
Masked Bees (Hylaeus) – genus of suborder “Narrow-waisted Wasps, Ants, and Bees“

Hylaeus is a large (>500 species) and diverse cosmopolitan genus within the bee family Colletidae.

Ancestry Graph

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This is not intended to be a dry lexicon. Personal stories and sensitive articles form the framework for our pictures: „The Spanish crane fly“ Is Bavaria the new Barcelona? Mio, the mosquito, experiences climate zones gone astray.

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„Masked Bees“ also appeared in the following editions of Arthropods Daily