Depending on where you are in the world, ground bees mean different things. Ground bees in Wisconsin refer to solitary bees that nest in clusters in the ground.
When we refer to ground bees in Wisconsin we are most likely referring to an aggregation of the miner and cellophane bees that have formed a nesting aggregation on a dirt slope.
Ground bees have parasitic cuckoo bees that parasitize the nests. A cuckoo bee is a lazy parasitic bee that waits for a female bee of another species to provisional nest.
5.Why Do Ground Bee Nests Get Bigger Each Year and Then Suddenly Fade Away?
Around the world, there are many different meanings for the word “Ground Bees”. These can be honeybees that nest in the ground in dry areas or stingless bees in the tropics.