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feed its larvae, a bee regurgitates the nectar and brushes off the pollen. There are many parasites of leafcutting bees. Many species of flies, wasps (Mutillidae) and beetles (Rhipiphoridae, Meloidae, and Cleridae) parasitize the bees and their larvae, including Coelioxys bees that lay their eggs in the nests of M. latimanus to steal the food of the M. latimanus larvae. Certain ant species in the Crematogaster genus have also been known to attack leafcutter bee nests. Leafcutting bees are important