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

 

Thanks to Gordon Frankie & Robbin Thorp, UC Berkeley entomologists for identification help

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