The Hairy-Footed Flower Bee (Anthophora plumipes) is a species of bee belonging to the family Apidae. They are present in most of Europe, in the Near East and in North Africa. In the 20th century, the species has been introduced into the U.S. These solitary bees do not build colonies. The females usually make nests in clay slopes and steep walls of mud, where they excavate cells, which they fill with pollen and nectar (as food for the larvae), laying a single egg on each pollen mass.