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The Faithful Leafcutting Bee (Megachile fidelis) is a species of bee in the Megachile genus. The bee ranges from Montana and South Dakota to New Mexico, west to California and north to Oregon, and often inhabits meadows and gardens. The bee is black, but covered by golden/yellow hair on it's face, behind it's eyes, on it's thorax, below it's wings (which are blackish) and on it's legs. The Faithful Leafcutting Bee's Pollen Basket is located under it's abdomen. As often found with most bees, the Faithful Leafcutting Bee feeds on the nectar of flowers - particularly the nectar of composite flowers. Faithful Leafcutting Bee nets are created in almost the exact same fashion as the Western Leafcutting Bee create their nests. However, adult bees do not leave their brood cells until all the cells between their cell and the end of the tunnel have been vacated. As with the case of many bees, larva grow extremely rapidly when in their brood cells. It is often found that this species of bee leave their nests around Spring.