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41 Records
Status
Why miserabilis for a name? Not sure, it is not a particularly miserable bee. It comes out early in the spring and can be found in almost any environment from backyard to Woodlands. It appears to have a fondness for maple pollen, particularly in our area, Red Maple. This may simply be due to the fact that if you come out early in the spring Red Maple being may be the only abundant source of pollen. If you think about it, a tree is darned big and compared to some little tiny mustard plant is producing huge amounts of pollen and nectar, and therefore supporting, potentially, huge numbers of insects. (S. Droege, pers. comm.)
Description
Nests are categorized as ground burrows, and social behavior is categorized as solitary to communal (Selfridge et al., 2017).
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Source: Wikipedia
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Andrenidae |
| Genus: | Andrena |
| Species: | A. miserabilis
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| Andrena miserabilis Cresson, 1872
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Andrena miserabilis, the smooth-faced miner bee[1] is a species of miner bee in the family Andrenidae. It is found in Central America and North America.[2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Standardized Common Names for Wild Species in Canada". National General Status Working Group. 2020.
- ^ "Andrena miserabilis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "Andrena miserabilis". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.