Halictus

To those of the Andrena and Halictus tribe the flower is evidently best adapted.

Wild Flowers Worth Knowing Neltje Blanchan 1891

When we see the honey-bee or the little wild bees -- _Halictus_ chiefly -- on the flower, we may know they get pollen only.

Wild Flowers Worth Knowing Neltje Blanchan 1891

Halictus -- to gather pollen for their unhatched babies 'bread.

Wild Flowers Worth Knowing Neltje Blanchan 1891

Both sexes of Nomada imbricata and N. pulchella were found by Mr. Emerton, the former in both the Andrena and Halictus nests, and both were found in a single Andrena nest.

Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses 1872

While the Andrena and Halictus bees, whose habits we now describe, are closely allied in form to the Hive bee, socially they are the

Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses 1872

The curious larvæ of the Oil beetle may be found abundantly on the bodies of various species of Bombus, Andrena and Halictus, with their heads plunged in between the segments of the bee's body.

Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses 1872

The Halictus parallelus excavates cells almost exactly like those of

Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses 1872

Halictus, and other wild bees in May, and again in August and

Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses 1872

Halictus of a stranger bee, clad in gay, fantastic hues, which lives a parasitic life on its hosts.

Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses 1872

Andrena and had some glimpses of its subterranean life, let us now compare with it another genus of solitary bee (Halictus), quite closely allied in all respects, though a little lower in the scale.

Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses 1872