Bionomics of Hoplitis curvipes A habitat in Dagestan B medium-sized stone, under which a female bee entered (arrow) C position of the nest under the stone after its removal D extracted nest consisting of two brood cells E male sleeping in an inflorescence of Allium rotundum s. l. F nest from Apulia after removal of covering stone consisting of two brood cells with the female entering a cell. Scale bar: 1 cm (D).