Hovering around city parks and flower beds are masked bees, miner bees, masonbees, plasterer bees, cuckoo bees, leafcutter bees, horned bees, and at least 49 species of sweat bees.
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He said the main cause of decline in wild bees, such as mining and mason species, was loss of habitat due to a variety of reasons including urban development.
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Sledge has been sneaking leaf-cutter bees out of the Greenhouse, one at a time, in a mason jar.