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''Andrena wilkella'', also known as Wilke's mining bee, is a species of miner bee in the family 
Andrenidae
The Andrenidae (commonly known as mining bees) are a large, nearly cosmopolitan family of solitary, ground-nesting bees. Most of the family's diversity is located in temperate or arid areas (warm temperate xeric). It includes some enormous gene ...
. Its original distribution is Europe. It has been accidentally introduced to North America long ago, possibly with ship ballast. It is active between April and August. ''Andrena wilkella'' has been recorded to nest both singly and in aggregations. ''Andrena wilkella'' preferentially collects pollen from including clover and sweet clover.
The body length of the female is 10–12 mm, and the male is 9–11 mm.
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