bumblebee, western sierras
bumblebee, queen?, hastings reserve
feamle carpenter bees fighting over a nest, hastings reserve
petting a male carpenter bee, hastings reserve
megachile
perihirta, female leaf cutter bee, oakland
notice the pollen
stored on the abdomen rather than the legs
megachile perihirta, female leaf cutter bee, oakland
a long-horn
bee, Melissodes, probably M. robustior, male
ground nesting bee
of the family anthophoridae
female
sweat bee, Lasioglossum (Evylaeus?) sp, oakland
Family Halictidae,
subfamily halictinae
bumblebee, Bombus vosnesenskii, female worker bee, Oakland
female
ground nesting bee, Andrena, possibly A. Simandrena sp.
Family Andredidae, subfamily Andreninae. a common spring bee
Oakland
carpenter
bee,
female Xylocopa, probably X. tabaniformis orpifex
commonly nests
in redwood fences and arbors
foraging at dusk, Ukiah
carpenter
bee,
female Xylocopa, probably X. tabaniformis orpifex
commonly nests
in redwood fences and arbors
foraging
at dusk, ukiah