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 male
long-horn bee, Melissodes, probably M. robustior
ground nesting
bee of the family anthophoridae
notice long antennae in the male
the female of the\long horn bee
female sweat
bee, Lasioglossum (Evylaeus?) sp, oakland
Family Halictidae,
subfamily halictinae
female
ground nesting bee, Andrena, possibly A. Simandrena sp.
Family Andredidae, subfamily Andreninae. a common spring bee
Oakland
bumblebee, Bombus vosnesenskii, female worker bee, Oakland
female long horn bee on sunflower, 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
carpenter bee on lupin, with tiny andrednid bee opposite her
Sierra National Forest
Golden Bumblebee on Wild Chicory
High Sierra near Sierravile
Female Green Mason Bee on Datura
Gunlock, AZ
Bumblebees on California Milkweed
Soerra National Forest, Mono Hotsprings