The eastern miner bee (''Calliopsis andreniformis'') is a species of
miner bee
A miner is a person who extracts ore, coal, chalk, clay, or other minerals from the earth through mining. There are two senses in which the term is used. In its narrowest sense, a miner is someone who works at the rock face; cutting, blasting, ...
in the family Andrenidae. It is found in North America. It is a specialist in pollinating