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=  Calliopsis  = Calliopsis is a small genus of bees in the family Andrenidae. Though Calliopsis species may have limited ranges, they can be found almost anywhere within the Western Hemisphere. From southern Canada to the southern countries of South America.

Description
The Calliopsis bee has yellow and black stripes, long legs and dark wings. Instead of having a long head like other bees, Calliopsis' heads are quite broad. Male Calliopsis bees have broad yellow stripes on their head, while females have narrow yellow stripes. The bees also have very distinctive long narrow wings and extra hairy thoraxes.

Species
Why are the top two names bold? can you make everything here a link to a separate wikipedia page? why is there a citation hanging below the table? Can you move this section to the bottom so it doesn't throw readers off who are more interested in general information than the table of species names? Can you add columns and make it take up less space?

Diet
Calliopsis, like other bees, use their vision to locate food. They gather nectar and pollen from flowers. Nectar is a sweet fluid produced by flowers attracting bees and other animals. Pollen is a yellowish or greenish like powder that comes from flowers and it serves as a food source. Also,Calliopsis eat green leaf plant and shrubs. Most bees are vegetarian.

Mating
Male Calliopsis fly close to the ground and many of them copulate with a single female. Unlike the meiosis based sex determination mechanisms of most organisms, sex determination in Hymenoptera is clearly under control of the female through selective fertilization of eggs. Calliopsis also are uninvoltine which means they only have one brood of offspring a year.

Nesting
Nests are built in the form of horizontal tunnels connected to waterproofed chambers containing eggs and provisions stored by the mother bee. Female Calliopsis dig a solitary underground nest compacted with soil and close to flowering plants. The tunnels cells measures 7.5 mm maximum diameter and 13 mm long. Calliopsis bees build their nest the way they do because to mitigate competition between males. Their nest is built for waterproof hazards? to keep the soil dry until the ground evaporates. Also, some Calliopsis bees nest underwater for a least 3 months.

Miscellaneous Facts
1) The activity of the bees is based on the weather. For example, on rainy or cloudy days the bees do little to no moving, meaning no pollination for that day. While on the other hand, on sunny days This is a Calliopsis andreniformis male (also known as a mining bee).

2) These bees have special hairs on their tibia, which is the part of the leg between the foot and the femur of the bee. (what makes them special?)

3) Calliopsis usually nest at dense aggregations with up to 1,650 nest in area of soil.

4)Mating takes place on flowers and at nest sites.

5) Some species of Calliopsis come from nest that had been underwater for 3 months.

6)Each female of this genus digs a solitary underground nest, usually in compacted, dense soil and close to flowering plants that serve as food sources.

7)Calliopsis adreniformis bees are unusual and striking – they have green eyes, and males of the species have bright yellow faces and legs.

8)Female campus bees excavate long tunnels, and construct brood cells, containing egg chambers, at the ends of the tunnels or in compartments connected to the tunnels’ sides.

Behavior
Since Calliopsis has many different species, a lot of bees behave differently in different region. For example, Calliopsis hondurasicus become active at the start of the dry season in mid- to late-December, and activity ends in late January or early February. Males patrol areas where females emerge and later nest, and they defend territories to which they return repeatedly. Male-male contests involve a rapid spiraling-upward flight, often followed by physical aggression after the pair tumbles to the ground. Nearly all females are solitary nesters, but they dig nests within aggregations near other females. ..