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Distribution

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Que. south to Fla., west to N. Dak., Wyo., Colo., and N. Mex. (Que., Ont., Ala., Colo., Conn., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., La., Maine, Md., Mass., Mich., Minn., Miss., Nebr., N. Mex., N.Y., N.C., N. Dak., Pa., R.I., Tenn., Tex., Va., W. Va., Wis., and Wyo.).

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bibliographic citation: Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. 1979. Prepared cooperatively by specialists on the various groups of Hymenoptera under the direction of Karl V. Krombein and Paul D. Hurd, Jr., Smithsonian Institution, and David R. Smith and B. D. Burks, Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Insect Identification and Beneficial Insect Introduction Institute. Science and Education Administration, United States Department of Agriculture.

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General Ecology

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Accepts trap-nests.

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bibliographic citation: Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. 1979. Prepared cooperatively by specialists on the various groups of Hymenoptera under the direction of Karl V. Krombein and Paul D. Hurd, Jr., Smithsonian Institution, and David R. Smith and B. D. Burks, Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Insect Identification and Beneficial Insect Introduction Institute. Science and Education Administration, United States Department of Agriculture.

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Hylaeus modestus

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Hylaeus modestus, also known as the modest masked bee, is a species of hymenopteran in the family Colletidae. It is found in North America.^[1]^[2]

Subspecies

These two subspecies belong to the species Hylaeus modestus:

Hylaeus modestus citrinifrons (Cockerell, 1896)
Hylaeus modestus modestus Say, 1837

Unique larva growth

Hylaeus modestus was discovered to have a special secretion that they produce from their Dufour's gland that they use to aid the growth of their larvae as the secretion has a unique chemical compound containing high concentrations of ethyl ester, which is only found in the secretions of Hylaeus modestus, to provide extra nutrition to the larvae as the larvae feed on the secretions placed on the cell walls of their brood chambers so they can have the energy needed to pupate and become adults before the other bee species out-compete them for resources.

References

^ "Hylaeus modestus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
^ "Hylaeus modestus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.

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Hylaeus modestus: Brief Summary