Renter: Existing cavities; abandoned beetle galleries in dead wood, drilled borings in wooden blocks; hollow stems (e.g. Phragmites).
The species will also re-use nest cells constructed by other bees. Rozen & Özbek (2005) stated that the brood cells of Osmia cerinthidis were constructed in the vacated brood cells of Anthophora (Anthophora) fulvitarsis Brullé and A. (Melea) plagiata (Illiger).
Nesting material: The nests are constructed in a linear fashion, and the partitions and the closing plug are made of sand and earth dust, glued together with saliva. Nest consist of 2-9 brood cells. (Banaszak & Romasenko, 1989).