The European wool carder bee (Anthidium manicatum) lines her nest with hairs scrapped off the plants like Stachys byzantina or Helichrysum arenarium. Females can be seen with balls of wool under their abdomen, when they carry it back to the nest.

The European wool carder bee (Anthidium manicatum) lines her nest with hairs scrapped off the plants like Stachys byzantina or Helichrysum arenarium. Females can be seen with balls of wool under their abdomen, when they carry it back to the nest.
