see text Epeolus is a genus of cuckoo bees in the family Apidae.

[citation needed] The species is uncommon to rare,[2] and has strong patterns of black and white on the thorax and abdomen.

[2] These patterns are made of tiny fat hairs lying flush with the integument or "skin" of the bee.

Epeolus bees may be rather obvious and easily observed in the vicinity of the nesting aggregations of their hosts and often use the same flowers to feed on.

[3] Colletes bees line their nesting cells with a cellophane like covering which they exude from the Dufour's gland to protect the cell from moisture and fungal infection,[4] female Epeolus bees have spines on the end of their abdomens which they use to pierce u-shaped holes in this covering so that she can oviposit between its layers, she also secretes a small amount of glue so that the egg adheres to the cell.