''Colletes elegans'' a species of ground-nesting
bee
Bees are winged insects closely related to wasps and ants, known for their roles in pollination and, in the case of the best-known bee species, the western honey bee, for producing honey. Bees are a monophyly, monophyletic lineage within the ...
in the genus ''
Colletes'', which is found in
Israel. It has been found that the species has a strong preference during pollination to plants in the family
Resedaceae.
See also
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List of bees of Israel
References
Colletidae
Hymenoptera of Asia
Insects of the Middle East
Insects described in 1936
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