Euglossa imperialis

Description

Euglossa imperialis is a bee species in the family Apidae. It is considered to be one of the most important pollinators to many neotropical orchid species in mainland Tropical America. It is also one of the most common non-parasitic euglossine species in lowland Panama. E. imperialis, unlike many other bee species, is not a social bee in the sense that there is no apparent morphological or physiological division within the species to distinguish individual bees to be part of a worker or reproductive caste.