Osmia cornifrons
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| Species: | O. cornifrons
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| Osmia cornifrons (Radoszkowski, 1887)
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Osmia cornifrons, commonly known as the hornfaced bee, has been used commercially for several decades in Japan to pollinate apples, as it is now in the United States. A single hornfaced bee can visit 15 flowers in a minute. This solitary bee nests in reeds, tubes and holes in wood.
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