Eric Mader has written:

'Managing alternative pollinators' -- subject(s): Bee culture, Pollinators, Megachilidae, Bumblebees, Mason bees

'Managing alternative pollinators' -- subject(s): Bee culture, Pollinators, Megachilidae, Bumblebees, Mason bees

'Managing alternative pollinators' -- subject(s): Bee culture, Pollinators, Megachilidae, Bumblebees, Mason bees

Megachilid bees, also known as leafcutter bees. They belong to the family Megachilidae.

Bees are in the Super Family Apoidea, which is then divided further into 9 families:

Apidae (honey bees and bumblebees belong in this family),

Colletidae

Megachilidae

Andrenidae

Halictidae

Mellitidae

Stenotritidae

Dasypodaidae

Meganomiidae

There are several kinds of mason or orchard bees. They are of the order Hymenoptera, suborder Apocrita, superfamily Apoidea and family Megachilidae. They are very important in the spring pollination of orchard trees, particularly apples and peaches.

Not really.

Apoidea is a superfamily within the hymenoptera group which includes the sphecoid wasps (ampulicidae, crabronidae, heterogynaidae, and sphecidae) and bees (andrenidae, apidae, colletidae, dasypodaidae, halctidae, megachilidae, megonomiidae, melittidae, and stenotritidae).

Anthophila is an unranked taxonomic term which includes the bee group as above.