“So the Pavilion is an ‘analogous habitat,’ as well as a research field station ... Various species of bees in the genus Osmia, commonly known as mason bees, are among the types of pollinators that ...

Unfortunately, “like all pollinators, mason bees are threatened by habitat destruction,” says Becky Griffin, a pollinator health associate with the University of Georgia’s Great Southeast ...

Native wild bees—which include mason bees, carpenter bees ... Native pollinator populations are declining from habitat destruction and fragmentation, widespread pesticide use, and the spread ...

Blue calamintha bees — These metallic blue mason bees rely entirely on two rare flowers found in central Florida’s fragile sand pine scrub ecosystems. Habitat loss to agricultural, commercial and ...