Hornfaced bee

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iHornfaced bee
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Megachilidae
Genus: Osmia
Species: O. cornifrons
Binomial name
Osmia cornifrons
(Radoszkowski, 1887)

Hornfaced bee (Osmia cornifrons) is used commercially for several decades in Japan to pollinate apples, as it is now in the US. A single hornfaced bee can visit 15 flowers in a minute. This solitary bee nests in reeds, tubes and holes in wood.