Melitta (bee)
''Melitta'' is a genus of bees in the family Melittidae. It includes about 40 species restricted to Africa and the northern temperate zone. Most of the species are Palaearctic, though three rare species occur in North America. They are bees of moderate size, generally 8 to 15 mm long. They are commonly oligolectic, with narrow host plant preferences. They resemble bees of the genus ''Andrena'', though with radically different mouthparts and a scopa limited to the hind tibia and basitarsus. Melitta have a crucial role as pollinators and they are protected through the Pollinators policy based on EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030. Species * '' Melitta aegyptiaca'' (Radoszkowski, 1891) * ''Melitta albida'' Cockerell, 1935 * ''Melitta americana'' (Smith, 1853) * ''Melitta arrogans'' (Smith, 1879) * ''Melitta barbarae'' Eardley, 2006 * '' Melitta bicollaris'' Warncke, 1973 * ''Melitta budashkini'' Radchenko & Ivanov, 2012 * ''Melitta budensis'' (Mocsáry, 1878) * ''Melitta califo ...
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Melitta Maura
Melitta () is a German company selling coffee, paper coffee filters, and coffee makers, part of the Melitta Group, which has branches in other countries. The company is headquartered in Minden, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is named after Melitta Bentz (1873–1950) who founded the company after she invented the drip brew paper coffee filter (German patent granted July 8, 1908). Bentz later ran the company as a family business. History