A new species of leafcutter bee, Megachile chomskyi, is described from Texas, United States. While many other genera within the family chew leaves or petals to build their nests, certain species ...

Megachile rotunda Graham Wise via Wikimedia Commons CC BY 2.0 Megachile bees, or leaf cutting bees, are solitary creatures with distinct nesting habits. In contrast to honey bees, which congregate ...

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species lists the bee Megachile pluto as “vulnerable”, meaning that while its numbers are relatively solid, the remoteness of its population makes it hard to study.