This paper records the presence of 10 native bee species in the Mackenzie Basin, South Canterbury. In the family Colletidae 6 species of Leioproctus and 2 Hylaeus were found, and in the family Halictidae 2 species of Lasioglossum were found. Nests were located for 5 species (3 Leioproctus species, 1 Hylaeus species, and 1 Lasioglossum species).
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Rhonda L. Quinn (1984) studied this question.