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Habropoda laboriosa, the southeastern blueberry bee, is a bee in the family Apidae. It is native to the eastern United States.[1] It is regarded as the most efficient pollinator of southern rabbiteye blueberries, because the flowers require buzz pollination, and H. laboriosa is one of the few bees that exhibit this behavior. It is active for only a few weeks of the year, while the blueberries are in flower during early spring, when the temperature is warm and humid.[2] H. laboriosa are solitary bees that live alone but nest in close proximity with other nests of their species.[2] They have similar features to bumble bees, but they are smaller in size compared to them.[3] H. laboriosa are arthropods so they have segmented bodies that are composed of the head, thorax, and abdomen.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Apidae |
| Genus: | Habropoda |
| Species: | H. laboriosa
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| Habropoda laboriosa (Fabricius, 1804)
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- ^ "Species Habropoda laboriosa - Blueberry Digger Bee". bugguide.net. Retrieved 2022-03-13.
- ^ a b Cane, James H. (1994). "Nesting Biology and Mating Behavior of the Southeastern Blueberry Bee, Habropoda laboriosa (Hymenoptera: Apoidea)". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 67 (3): 236–241. ISSN 0022-8567. JSTOR 25085519.
- ^ Cane, James H.; Payne, Jerry A. (1988). "Foraging Ecology of the Bee Habropoda laboriosa (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae), an Oligolege of Blueberries (Ericaceae: Vaccinium) in the Southeastern United States". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 81 (3): 419–427. doi:10.1093/aesa/81.3.419.
- ^ "Anatomy of the Honey Bee – Bee Health". bee-health.extension.org. Retrieved 2022-04-12.