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| Mason bees | | The genera Hoplitis, Hoplosmia and Osmia are called mason bees. Mason bees are loners (solitary bees) and belong to the family Megachilidae. Approximately 50 different species are found in Central Europe. These include Osmia bicornis and Osmia cornuta.
Mason bees build their nests in walls, cracks in stone, , (sandy) soil, hollow plants, dead wood from trees or in the galleries of wood-boring insects. The females build individual brood chambers inside the nest using glandular secret... | | |
| | ...nally, oviposition takes place in butterfly cocoons, as observed in the case of the small tortoiseshell (Nymphalis urticae). Usually one egg is placed in each nest. Egg-laying often takes place in the nests of solitary bees of the genera Hylaeus and Osmia. A few days later the larvae hatch from their eggs. Firstly they eat the eggs or larvae of the host animals and later on any food supplies found there. | | |
| | | After mating, the fertilized females lay their eggs separately in each brood cell in the nests of mason bees (Osmia), Anthophora, potter wasps (Eumenidae), pill wasps (Eumenes), Vespidae or sphecoid wasps (Spheciformes). The host insects try to prevent the rubytail wasps from entering their nests, however the latter are not only equipped with a strong chitin-armo... | | |
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