The body of the bee, brown in color covered with blond hair, is distinguished by the head, thorax and abdomen. The abdomen has the characteristic yellow streak, pigmentation that disappears in older individuals. It has two antennae in which its sense organs (smell, hearing, touch) are concentrated, 5 eyes, a mouth apparatus composed of two parts (the ligula, longer, and the galea, used for feeding), 3 pairs of jointed and hairy legs, 4 wings and a stinger (missing in males).