Dialictus

Though solitary bees such as Lasioglossum figueresi often live in proximity to each other, unlike communal bees, the nests of solitary bees are built by lone females. The female builds the nest and feeds her offspring without workers or help from other bees.[3] Solitary bees often nest in the ground and tree bark. While not as well known as communal bees, solitary bees are important pollinators.[7]

Communal bees live in colonies of two or more females. Most of the building, foraging, and caring for the offspring are done by worker bees. The queen bee is often the only fertilized female in the colony and lays most if not all the eggs.[3]

Each social behavior is not necessarily exclusive for individual species of L. dialictus. Some species have shown to exhibit social polymorphism depending on the climate of its habitat. In temperate climates, some female bees produce daughters that will remain unfertilized and help with foraging and care for the next generation of offspring.[8] Whereas in colder climates such as at a higher latitude on a mountain side, the female will exhibit solitary behavior and all the daughters produced will be fertile.[8] This is likely because with colder and shorter breeding seasons, the bee does not have enough time to produce two brood. In warmer climates with longer breeding seasons, having two broods, with the first brood caring for the second, can be more efficient[8]

Bees exhibit parasitism by laying their eggs in the host bee's brood cells. Eggs of parasitic bees are often small in size compare to solitary and communal bees to avoid detection by the host[3]