''Osmia atriventris'', sometimes referred to as the Maine blueberry bee, is a megachilid bee native to eastern

North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...

from Nova Scotia to Alberta in the north, and Iowa to Georgia in the south. This solitary bee normally gathers pollen from many different flowers, but will pollinate

blueberries Blueberries are a widely distributed and widespread group of perennial flowering plants with blue or purple berries. They are classified in the section ''Cyanococcus'' within the genus ''Vaccinium''. ''Vaccinium'' also includes cranberries, bi ...

, and is sometimes used commercially for this purpose.

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atriventris Insects of the United States Fauna of the Eastern United States Hymenoptera of North America Insects described in 1864 Taxa named by Ezra Townsend Cresson {{Megachilidae-stub