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Osmia bucephala Cresson, 1864

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Scientific Name: Osmia bucephala Cresson, 1864

Common Name: Bufflehead Mason Bee

Taxonomy

 

Distribution in Canada: Cresson 1864 [NT, "Great Slave Lake"]; Provancher 1882 [QC, as O. lignicola Provancher], 1888 [QC, as O. latitarsis Cresson]; Cockerell 1898 [NT, Great Slave Lake]; Gibson 1916 [AB, ON]; Sandhouse 1939 [AB, Mackenzie]; Buckell 1950 [BC]; Sinha and Michener 1958 [AK, YT, NT, BC, AB, ON, QC, NS]; Mitchell 1962 [YT, BC]; Sheffield et al. 2003, 2009 [NS], 2014 [AB]; Sheffield and Heron 2019 [BC]; Hicks and Sircom 2016 [NF]; Normandin et al. 2017 [QC]; Vizza et al. 2021 [NU, ON]; Gibbs et al. 2023 [MB].

Sociality: Solitary
Nesting: Cavity Renter
Pollen Specialization: Polylectic
Wintering Stage: Adult

Crop Preference: Not Available
Non Crop Preference: Not Available

Distribution: Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon
Ecozone: Arctic, Atlantic Maritime, Boreal Cordillera, Boreal Plains, Boreal Shield, Hudson Plains, Mixwood Plains, Montane Cordillera, Newfoundland Boreal, Pacific Maritime, Prairie, Taiga Cordillera, Taiga Plains, Taiga Shield, Western Interior Basin