Excavator: Ground. No details available for Britain.
In Czechoslovakia, the bee is reported to nest solitarily amongst sparse grass, on loamy, rarely sandy, slopes (Kocourek, 1966). It sometimes nests in small aggregations (Grunwaldt, 1939; Wesytrich, 1989; Peeters & Reemer, 2003).
According to Grünwaldt et al. (1939), in north of Latvia, the species nests on sandy slopes of southern exposure. A colony area of six square meters, consisting of about 50 nests, was observed on a slope covered by meadow vegetation and moss (Osytshnjuk 1977).