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This bee's nest architecture is described by Sakagami and Michener (1962): Nest architecture is Type IIIb: Lateral burrows are very short or absent such that cells are almost attached to the burrow walls at a right angle. The cells are not spatially concentrated in any part of the burrow. Flat ground is the only or typical substrate used for nesting.

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1. (c) USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://www.flickr.com/photos/usgsbiml/9156910067/
2. (c) Anita Gould, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://www.flickr.com/photos/anitagould/6101872180/
3. (c) maxson.erin, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://www.flickr.com/photos/122272531@N02/13632558465/
4. (c) Anita Gould, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Anita Gould, http://www.flickr.com/photos/anitagould/6101872180/
5. (c) Cory Sheffield, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/HCBNS/Bee210.jpg
6. (c) Cory Sheffield, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/HCBNS/EOS20D_2_Bee210.jpg
7. (c) Cory Sheffield, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/HCBNS/Bee8-10+1141055576.jpg
8. (c) USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7441/9159133446_125cfb35a9_o.jpg
9. (c) USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2839/9156910067_70731c5bb2_o.jpg
10. (c) Smith, Adam, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://eol.org/data_objects/11490503

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