Agapostemon sp.
(Striped Sweat Bees)
Associated Species: Symphyotrichum laeve (Smooth Blue Aster)
Hylaeus sp.
Associated Species: Satureja montana (Winter Savory)
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Associated Species: Satureja montana (Winter Savory)
Agapostemon sp.
(Striped Sweat Bees)
Associated Species: Satureja montana (Winter Savory)
Halictus ligatus
(Furrow Bees)
Apoidea
(Bees and Apoid Wasps)
Tiny bee on a grape leaf
Halictus sp.
Subgenus Seladonia
(Furrow Bees)
morcutt commented saying, "probably tripartitus".
Halictus ligatus
(Furrow Bees)
Anthophora sp.
(Common Digger Bees)
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus Dialictus
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus Dialictus
Halictus ligatus
(Furrow Bees)
On oregano flowers
Halictus ligatus
(Furrow Bees)
Colletes sp.
Associated Species: Origanum vulgare (Oregano)
Megachile sp.
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Bombus rufocinctus
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
Bombus rufocinctus
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
Bombus occidentalis
(Western Bumble Bee)
Agapostemon sp.
(Striped Sweat Bees)
Bombus rufocinctus
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
Bombus rufocinctus
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
Bombus occidentalis
(Western Bumble Bee)
Bombus rufocinctus
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
Nomada sp.
(Nomad Bees)
Associated Species: Origanum vulgare (Oregano)
Coelioxys sp.
(Sharptail Bees)
Associated Species: Origanum vulgare (Oregano)
Hylaeus sp.
On bricks of keyhole garden
Megachile sp.
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Associated Species: Ocimum basilicum (Sweet Basil)
Halictus ligatus
(Furrow Bees)
Apis mellifera
(Western Honey Bee)
Andrena sp.
(Mining Bees)
Associated Species: Petroselinum crispum (Garden Parsley)
Bombus rufocinctus
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
Apis mellifera
(Western Honey Bee)
Associated Species: Ocimum basilicum (Sweet Basil)
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus Dialictus
Associated Species: Solidago canadensis (Canada Goldenrod)
Halictus sp.
Subgenus Seladonia
(Furrow Bees)
Associated Species: Origanum vulgare (Oregano)
Megachile sp.
Subgenus Xanthosarus
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Andrena sp.
(Mining Bees)
Associated Species: Achillea millefolium (Common Yarrow)
Halictus sp.
(Furrow Bees)
Associated Species: Achillea millefolium (Common Yarrow)
Bombus rufocinctus
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
Bombus sp.
Subgenus Pyrobombus
(Bumble Bees)
Nomada sp.
(Nomad Bees)
Associated Species: Origanum vulgare (Oregano)
Bombus appositus
(White-shouldered Bumble Bee)
Associated Species: Alcea rosea (Hollyhock)
Apis mellifera
(Western Honey Bee)
27 Jul 2024
Associated Species: Origanum vulgare (Oregano)
Bombus appositus
(White-shouldered Bumble Bee)
On a raspberry leaf
Apis mellifera
(Western Honey Bee)
Associated Species: Cirsium arvense (Creeping Thistle)
Heriades sp.
Subgenus Neotrypetes
(Armored-Resin Bees)
Associated Species: Origanum vulgare (Oregano)
Coelioxys sp.
Subgenus Cyrtocoelioxys
(Sharptail Bees)
Associated Species: Origanum vulgare (Oregano)
Halictus rubicundus
(Orange-legged Furrow Bee)
On parsley flowers
Associated Species: Petroselinum crispum (Garden Parsley)
Sphecodes sp.
(Blood Bees)
On parsley flowers
Associated Species: Petroselinum crispum (Garden Parsley)
Andrena prunorum
(Prunus Miner Bee)
On parsley flowers
Associated Species: Petroselinum crispum (Garden Parsley)
Halictus sp.
Subgenus Seladonia
(Furrow Bees)
On common yarrow flowers
Associated Species: Achillea millefolium (Common Yarrow)
Apis mellifera
(Western Honey Bee)
On oregano flowers
Associated Species: Origanum vulgare (Oregano)
Halictus sp.
Subgenus Seladonia
(Furrow Bees)
On fern-leaf yarrow leaves
Associated Species: Achillea filipendulina (Fern-leaf Yarrow)
Bombus huntii
(Hunt's Bumble Bee)
On Globe Thistle
Associated Species:
Andrena prunorum
(Prunus Miner Bee)
On garden parsley flowers
Associated Species: Petroselinum crispum (Garden Parsley)
Heriades sp.
Subgenus Neotrypetes
(Armored-Resin Bees)
On common yarrow flowers
Associated Species: Achillea millefolium (Common Yarrow)
Andrena sp.
(Mining Bees)
On garden parsley flowers
Associated Species: Petroselinum crispum (Garden Parsley)
Bombus sp.
(Bumble Bees)
On globe thistle
Apis mellifera
(Western Honey Bee)
25 Jul 2024
On oregano
Associated Species: Origanum vulgare (Oregano)
Apis mellifera
(Western Honey Bee)
25 Jul 2024
On globe thistle
Associated Species:
Megachile sp.
Subgenus Xanthosarus
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
On oregano flowers
Associated Species: Origanum vulgare (Oregano)
Andrena prunorum
(Prunus Miner Bee)
Associated Species: Petroselinum crispum (Garden Parsley)
Hylaeus sp.
Associated Species: Petroselinum crispum (Garden Parsley)
Apis mellifera
(Western Honey Bee)
Associated Species: Lavandula angustifolia (Common Lavender)
Sphecodes sp.
(Blood Bees)
Associated Species: Achillea millefolium (Common Yarrow)
Bombus nevadensis
(Nevada Bumble Bee)
Associated Species: Alcea rosea (Hollyhock)
Bombus appositus
(White-shouldered Bumble Bee)
On Common Lavender flowers
Associated Species: Lavandula angustifolia (Common Lavender)
Bombus sp.
(Bumble Bees)
Visiting
Delphinium ajacis flowers
Associated Species: Delphinium ajacis (Doubtful Knight's-Spur)
Anthophora urbana
(Urbane Digger Bee)
On Common Lavender flowers
Associated Species: Lavandula angustifolia (Common Lavender)
Megachile sp.
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Visiting common lavender flowers
Associated Species: Lavandula angustifolia (Common Lavender)
Agapostemon sp.
(Striped Sweat Bees)
On
Gaillardia pulchella (Indian Blanket) flowers
Associated Species: Gaillardia pulchella (Indian Blanket)
Hylaeus sp.
On Parsley growing in front yeard.
Associated Species: Petroselinum crispum (Garden Parsley)
Andrenidae
(Miner, Fairy, Allied Panurgine, and Oxaeine Bees)
On Ocean Spray flowers
Associated Species: Holodiscus discolor (Ocean Spray)
Halictus sp.
Subgenus Seladonia
(Furrow Bees)
On Common Yarrow flowers
Associated Species: Achillea millefolium (Common Yarrow)
Lasioglossum sp.
On Common Cat's Ear flower in front yard
Associated Species: Hypochaeris radicata (Common Cat's-Ear)
Andrena sp.
(Mining Bees)
On Ocean Spray flowers
Associated Species: Holodiscus discolor (Ocean Spray)
Hylaeus sp.
On Ocean Spray flowers
Associated Species: Holodiscus discolor (Ocean Spray)
Hylaeus sp.
On Ocean Spray flowers
Associated Species: Holodiscus discolor (Ocean Spray)
Hylaeus sp.
On Ocean Spray flowers
Associated Species: Holodiscus discolor (Ocean Spray)
Hylaeus sp.
On Ocean Spray flowers
Associated Species: Holodiscus discolor (Ocean Spray)
Bombus occidentalis
(Western Bumble Bee)
On ocean spray flowers
Associated Species: Holodiscus discolor (Ocean Spray)
Apis mellifera
(Western Honey Bee)
24 Jun 2024
On
Eriogonum heracleoides (Parsnipflower Buckwheat) flowers
Associated Species: Eriogonum heracleoides (Parsnipflower Buckwheat)
Agapostemon sp.
(Striped Sweat Bees)
Andrena sp.
(Mining Bees)
On Pacific Ninebark leaf
Associated Species: Physocarpus capitus (Pacific Ninebark)
Halictus ligatus
(Furrow Bees)
On Gaillardia pulchella flowers
Associated Species: Gaillardia pulchella (Indian Blanket)
Nomada sp.
(Nomad Bees)
21 Jun 2024
On
Drymocallis arguta (Tall Cinquefoil)
Associated Species: Drymocallis arguta (Tall Cinquefoil)
Osmia sp.
(Mason Bees)
21 Jun 2024
On a lupine flower
Associated Species:
Hoplitis sp.
(Small Mason Bees)
On Phacelia heterophylla flowers.
These beautiful bees absolutely love this plant. Whenever the weather is nice, several of these bees are visiting these flowers.
Associated Species: Phacelia heterophylla (Virgate Scorpionweed)
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
On Pacific Ninebark flowers
Associated Species: Physocarpus capitus (Pacific Ninebark)
Sphecodes sp.
(Blood Bees)
On Eriogonum heracleoides flowers
Associated Species: Eriogonum heracleoides (Parsnipflower Buckwheat)
Osmia sp.
(Mason Bees)
On Phacelia heterophylla flowers
Associated Species: Phacelia heterophylla (Virgate Scorpionweed)
Andrena sp.
(Mining Bees)
On Eriogonum heracleoides flowers
Associated Species: Eriogonum heracleoides (Parsnipflower Buckwheat)
Halictus sp.
Subgenus Seladonia
(Furrow Bees)
On Common Yarrow flowers
Associated Species: Achillea millefolium (Common Yarrow)
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
On Oregon Sunshine flowers
Associated Species: Eriophyllum lanatum (Common Woolly Sunflower)
Osmiini
On
Phacelia heterophyla flowers.
Associated Species: Phacelia heterophylla (Virgate Scorpionweed)
Andrena prunorum
(Prunus Miner Bee)
Bombus insularis
(Indiscriminate Cuckoo Bumble Bee)
On
Eriophyllum lanatum (Common Woolly Sunflower)
Associated Species: Eriophyllum lanatum (Common Woolly Sunflower)
Bombus centralis
(Great Basin Bumble Bee)
Apis mellifera
(Western Honey Bee)
On raspberry flower
Associated Species: Rubus idaeus (Red Raspberry)
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
On a Common Woolly Sunflower (
Eriophyllum lanatum) flower.
Associated Species: Eriophyllum lanatum (Common Woolly Sunflower)
Halictus tripartitus
(Tripartite Sweat Bee)
On a sticky geranium flower
Associated Species: Geranium viscosissimum (Sticky Geranium)
Bombus centralis
(Great Basin Bumble Bee)
Captured from a Rydberg's penstemon flower in the north garden. Cooled and photographed. But it flew off before I could get a good photo.
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
On Sticky Geranium flower
Associated Species: Geranium viscosissimum (Sticky Geranium)
Andrena prunorum
(Prunus Miner Bee)
On Chokecherry flowers
Associated Species: Prunus virginiana (Chokecherry)
Andrena prunorum
(Prunus Miner Bee)
Habropoda cineraria
(Ashy Digger Bee)
Visiting golden currant flowers.
I thought it was a Common Digger Bee (Anthophora sp.), but was corrected by ahaw.
Associated Species: Ribes aureum (Golden Currant)
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus Dialictus
On Golden Currant
Associated Species: Ribes aureum (Golden Currant)
Agapostemon texanus
(Texas Striped Sweat Bee)
Malaise trap, 11 mm
Sphecodes sp.
(Blood Bees)
Malaise trap, 26-27 Aug 23.
6 mm
Bombus huntii
(Hunt's Bumble Bee)
Bombus rufocinctus
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
Bombus rufocinctus
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
Bombus griseocollis
(Brown-belted Bumble Bee)
Bombus griseocollis
(Brown-belted Bumble Bee)
Agapostemon sp.
(Striped Sweat Bees)
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Osmia sp.
Subgenus Melanosmia
(Mason Bees)
Megachile pugnata
(Pugnacious Leafcutter Bee)
Andrena prunorum
(Prunus Miner Bee)
Osmia sp.
Subgenus Melanosmia
(Mason Bees)
Osmia sp.
Subgenus Melanosmia
(Mason Bees)
Bombus centralis
(Great Basin Bumble Bee)
Looks like centralis. Clear band across the centre of the thorax. (
beespeaker)
Sphecodes sp.
(Blood Bees)
Anthidium manicatum
(European Woolcarder Bee)
Ceratina sp.
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Hoplitis sp.
Subgenus Alcidamea
(Small Mason Bees)
Agapostemon virescens
(Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee)
Agapostemon sp.
(Striped Sweat Bees)
Malaise trap, 8-10 Jun 23
~ 8 mm
Bombus huntii
(Hunt's Bumble Bee)
Bombus nevadensis
(Nevada Bumble Bee)
Bombus mixtus
(Fuzzy-horned Bumble Bee)
Halictus rubicundus
(Orange-legged Furrow Bee)
Apis mellifera
(Western Honey Bee)
On Sticky Geranium
Sphecodes sp.
(Blood Bees)
Agapostemon sp.
(Striped Sweat Bees)
On California Poppy flower
Andrena prunorum
(Prunus Miner Bee)
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Bombus mixtus
(Fuzzy-horned Bumble Bee)
Anthophora pacifica
(Pacific Digger Bee)
Osmia lignaria
(Mason Bees)
Bombus centralis
(Great Basin Bumble Bee)
First bee of the year in our yard.
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Agapostemon virescens
(Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee)
On a Hollyhock flower
Agapostemon sp.
(Striped Sweat Bees)
Agapostemon sp.
(Striped Sweat Bees)
On Hollyhock flower
Halictus rubicundus
(Orange-legged Furrow Bee)
Bombus rufocinctus
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
Megachile angelarum
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Coelioxys sp.
Subgenus Cyrtocoelioxys
(Sharptail Bees)
Andrena prunorum
(Prunus Miner Bee)
Bombus rufocinctus
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
Halictus rubicundus
(Orange-legged Furrow Bee)
Megachile sp.
Subgenus Xanthosarus
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Bombus mixtus
(Fuzzy-horned Bumble Bee)
Agapostemon sp.
(Striped Sweat Bees)
Andrena angustitarsata
(Narrow-legged Miner Bee)
Bombus centralis
(Great Basin Bumble Bee)
Anthophora sp.
(Common Digger Bees)
Ceratina sp.
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Sphecodes sp.
(Blood Bees)
Osmia sp.
Subgenus Melanosmia
(Mason Bees)
Apis mellifera
(Western Honey Bee)
Halictus sp.
(Furrow Bees)
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus Dialictus
Ceratina sp.
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Anthophorini
(Digger Bees)
Anthophora sp.
(Common Digger Bees)
Bombus vancouverensis nearcticus
(Vancouver Bumble Bee)
Anthophora pacifica nearcticus
(Pacific Digger Bee)
Anthophora pacifica nearcticus
(Pacific Digger Bee)
Halictus tripartitus nearcticus
(Tripartite Sweat Bee)
7 mm
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus Dialictus
6 mm. On dandelion
Osmia lignaria nearcticus
(Mason Bees)
It looks like he has a load of mites around his waist.
Halictus sp.
Subgenus Seladonia
(Furrow Bees)
Bombus huntii nearcticus
(Hunt's Bumble Bee)
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Sphecodes sp.
(Blood Bees)
Bombus occidentalis nearcticus
(Western Bumble Bee)
Megachile sp.
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Bombus centralis nearcticus
(Great Basin Bumble Bee)
Bombus nevadensis nearcticus
(Nevada Bumble Bee)
Andrena prunorum nearcticus
(Prunus Miner Bee)
Osmia sp.
Subgenus Cephalosmia
(Mason Bees)
On spruce stump
Osmia montana nearcticus
(Mason Bees)
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
On a raspberry bush
Bombus centralis nearcticus
(Great Basin Bumble Bee)
Osmia lignaria propinqua
(Mason Bees)
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus Dialictus
Apis mellifera propinqua
(Western Honey Bee)
On Big Sage flowers
Megachile angelarum propinqua
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Closing up nest with resin in bee hotel.
Seems to be using resin.
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus Dialictus
Halictus ligatus propinqua
(Furrow Bees)
Halictus sp.
(Furrow Bees)
Megachile angelarum propinqua
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Seems to be using resin to close nest in bee hotel
Anthidium manicatum propinqua
(European Woolcarder Bee)
Anthophora urbana propinqua
(Urbane Digger Bee)
Anthophora urbana propinqua
(Urbane Digger Bee)
Megachile angelarum propinqua
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Bombus vagans propinqua
(Half-black Bumble Bee)
Bombus appositus propinqua
(White-shouldered Bumble Bee)
Associated Species: Lavandula angustifolia (Common Lavender)
Anthophora urbana propinqua
(Urbane Digger Bee)
On a hollyhock flower
Bombus rufocinctus propinqua
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
Halictus rubicundus propinqua
(Orange-legged Furrow Bee)
Coelioxys sp.
(Sharptail Bees)
Megachile angelarum propinqua
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
On spruce stump
Megachile angelarum propinqua
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Hanging out on a bee hotel
Bombus rufocinctus propinqua
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
Halictus rubicundus propinqua
(Orange-legged Furrow Bee)
Megachile angelarum propinqua
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Caught leaving hole in spruce stump
12 mm
Megachile angelarum propinqua
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Coelioxys sp.
Subgenus Cyrtocoelioxys
(Sharptail Bees)
Caught leaving hole in spruce stump
11 mm
Bombus nevadensis propinqua
(Nevada Bumble Bee)
Sphecodes sp.
(Blood Bees)
Associated Species: Achillea millefolium (Common Yarrow)
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus Dialictus
Bombus flavidus flavidus
(Yellowish Cuckoo Bumble Bee)
Bombus flavidus flavidus
(Yellowish Cuckoo Bumble Bee)
Agapostemon virescens flavidus
(Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee)
Anthidium manicatum flavidus
(European Woolcarder Bee)
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
On a Lewis Flax flower
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Bombus occidentalis flavidus
(Western Bumble Bee)
On California Poppy
Bombus vancouverensis nearcticus
(Vancouver Bumble Bee)
Bombus mixtus nearcticus
(Fuzzy-horned Bumble Bee)
Andrena prunorum nearcticus
(Prunus Miner Bee)
On Sticky Geranium flower
Associated Species: Geranium viscosissimum (Sticky Geranium)
Bombus rufocinctus nearcticus
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
On a California Poppy
Bombus centralis nearcticus
(Great Basin Bumble Bee)
Bombus insularis nearcticus
(Indiscriminate Cuckoo Bumble Bee)
Agapostemon virescens nearcticus
(Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee)
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Panurginus sp.
Associated Species: Tipula oleracea (Marsh Crane Fly)
Bombus centralis nearcticus
(Great Basin Bumble Bee)
Bombus centralis nearcticus
(Great Basin Bumble Bee)
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Andrena prunorum nearcticus
(Prunus Miner Bee)
Andrena prunorum nearcticus
(Prunus Miner Bee)
Andrena prunorum nearcticus
(Prunus Miner Bee)
Andrena prunorum nearcticus
(Prunus Miner Bee)
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus Dialictus
Andrena prunorum nearcticus
(Prunus Miner Bee)
Netted on a lilac bush, cooled, photographed, and released.
12 mm
Associated Species: Syringa vulgaris (Common Lilac)
Halictus rubicundus nearcticus
(Orange-legged Furrow Bee)
Halictus sp.
Subgenus Seladonia
(Furrow Bees)
Halictus rubicundus nearcticus
(Orange-legged Furrow Bee)
Halictus sp.
Subgenus Seladonia
(Furrow Bees)
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus Dialictus
Andrena sp.
Subgenus Melandrena
(Mining Bees)
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus Dialictus
Anthophora sp.
(Common Digger Bees)
Anthophora sp.
(Common Digger Bees)
Bombus centralis nearcticus
(Great Basin Bumble Bee)
Halictus rubicundus nearcticus
(Orange-legged Furrow Bee)
Osmia lignaria nearcticus
(Mason Bees)
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus Dialictus
Halictus sp.
Subgenus Seladonia
(Furrow Bees)
On Common Chickweed (Stellaria media) flowers
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus Dialictus
Agapostemon sp.
Subgenus Agapostemon
(Striped Sweat Bees)
11 mm
Agapostemon sp.
Subgenus Agapostemon
(Striped Sweat Bees)
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Apis mellifera nearcticus
(Western Honey Bee)
On Big Sage flowers
Agapostemon sp.
Subgenus Agapostemon
(Striped Sweat Bees)
On a Hollyhock flower
Dianthidium sp.
Subgenus Dianthidium
(Pebble Bees)
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus Dialictus
Bombus rufocinctus nearcticus
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
Male
Ceratina sp.
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Megachile angelarum nearcticus
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
On sticky geranium flower
Agapostemon sp.
Subgenus Agapostemon
(Striped Sweat Bees)
Halictus ligatus nearcticus
(Furrow Bees)
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus Dialictus
Anthidium manicatum nearcticus
(European Woolcarder Bee)
Coelioxys sp.
Subgenus Cyrtocoelioxys
(Sharptail Bees)
Coelioxys sp.
Subgenus Cyrtocoelioxys
(Sharptail Bees)
Coelioxys sp.
Subgenus Cyrtocoelioxys
(Sharptail Bees)
Bombus rufocinctus nearcticus
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
Bombus rufocinctus nearcticus
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
Male
Bombus occidentalis nearcticus
(Western Bumble Bee)
Bombus occidentalis nearcticus
(Western Bumble Bee)
Bombus occidentalis nearcticus
(Western Bumble Bee)
Bombus occidentalis nearcticus
(Western Bumble Bee)
Bombus occidentalis nearcticus
(Western Bumble Bee)
Male
Bombus vagans nearcticus
(Half-black Bumble Bee)
Apis mellifera nearcticus
(Western Honey Bee)
Halictus rubicundus nearcticus
(Orange-legged Furrow Bee)
Halictus rubicundus nearcticus
(Orange-legged Furrow Bee)
Anthidium manicatum nearcticus
(European Woolcarder Bee)
Bombus appositus nearcticus
(White-shouldered Bumble Bee)
Associated Species: Delphinium ajacis (Doubtful Knight's-Spur)
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Osmia lignaria nearcticus
(Mason Bees)
First bee in bee hotel.
Seems to have started 6 adjacent nests, with an end plug in each. Spent the night in the middle of one of the holes with her head facing the plug.
Apis mellifera nearcticus
(Western Honey Bee)
Bombus vancouverensis nearcticus
(Vancouver Bumble Bee)
Bombus centralis nearcticus
(Great Basin Bumble Bee)
Anthophora sp.
(Common Digger Bees)
9 deg C
Bombus centralis nearcticus
(Great Basin Bumble Bee)
Osmia lignaria propinqua
(Mason Bees)
Bombus centralis propinqua
(Great Basin Bumble Bee)
Megachile sp.
Subgenus Chelostomoides
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Osmia lignaria propinqua
(Mason Bees)
Exited a 7 mm diameter drilled hole in spruce stump.
He poked his head out for a few minutes, then went back in for a few more. Then he came out, walked around a bit, and flew away.
Halictus sp.
Subgenus Seladonia
(Furrow Bees)
First bee in yard this year
Halictus ligatus propinqua
(Furrow Bees)
Agapostemon sp.
(Striped Sweat Bees)
Halictus ligatus propinqua
(Furrow Bees)
Associated Species: Symphyotrichum laeve (Smooth Blue Aster)
Megachile sp.
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Apis mellifera propinqua
(Western Honey Bee)
Halictus rubicundus propinqua
(Orange-legged Furrow Bee)
Halictus ligatus propinqua
(Furrow Bees)
Andrena prunorum propinqua
(Prunus Miner Bee)
Bombus huntii propinqua
(Hunt's Bumble Bee)
Bombus huntii propinqua
(Hunt's Bumble Bee)
Megachile sp.
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Bombus rufocinctus propinqua
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
Male
Bombus rufocinctus propinqua
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
Bombus occidentalis propinqua
(Western Bumble Bee)
Bombus rufocinctus propinqua
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
Bombus rufocinctus propinqua
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
Bombus vagans propinqua
(Half-black Bumble Bee)
Halictus rubicundus propinqua
(Orange-legged Furrow Bee)
Coelioxys sp.
Subgenus Cyrtocoelioxys
(Sharptail Bees)
Coelioxys sp.
Subgenus Cyrtocoelioxys
(Sharptail Bees)
Lurking at the bee hotel
Bombus rufocinctus propinqua
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
Bombus rufocinctus propinqua
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
Bombus occidentalis propinqua
(Western Bumble Bee)
Apis mellifera propinqua
(Western Honey Bee)
Bombus griseocollis propinqua
(Brown-belted Bumble Bee)
On a Hollyhock flower
Hoplitis albifrons propinqua
(White-fronted Small-Mason)
Inspecting a drilled hole in a spruce stump
Megachile rotundata propinqua
(Alfalfa Leafcutter Bee)
Bombus appositus propinqua
(White-shouldered Bumble Bee)
Associated Species: Lavandula angustifolia (Common Lavender)
Heriades sp.
Subgenus Neotrypetes
(Armored-Resin Bees)
Caught leaving small beetle(?) hole in spruce stump. Length 6 mm
Megachile pugnata propinqua
(Pugnacious Leafcutter Bee)
Caught leaving drilled hole in spruce stump. Length 17 mm
Megachile angelarum propinqua
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Caught leaving drilled hole in spruce stump.
Length 10 mm
Bombus appositus propinqua
(White-shouldered Bumble Bee)
23 mm
Bombus rufocinctus propinqua
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
Bombus rufocinctus propinqua
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
Bombus vancouverensis propinqua
(Vancouver Bumble Bee)
Bombus occidentalis propinqua
(Western Bumble Bee)
Collected from California Poppy
Bombus vancouverensis nearcticus
(Vancouver Bumble Bee)
Bombus centralis nearcticus
(Great Basin Bumble Bee)
Bombus vosnesenskii nearcticus
(Yellow-faced Bumble Bee)
On a California Poppy
Agapostemon sp.
Subgenus Agapostemon
(Striped Sweat Bees)
Agapostemon sp.
(Striped Sweat Bees)
Hoplitis sp.
Subgenus Alcidamea
(Small Mason Bees)
Osmia sp.
Subgenus Melanosmia
(Mason Bees)
Hoplitis sp.
Subgenus Alcidamea
(Small Mason Bees)
10 mm
Captured leaving hole in a log
Bombus vancouverensis nearcticus
(Vancouver Bumble Bee)
Andrena sp.
(Mining Bees)
Associated Species: Achillea millefolium (Common Yarrow)
Bombus centralis nearcticus
(Great Basin Bumble Bee)
Bombus vancouverensis nearcticus
(Vancouver Bumble Bee)
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus Dialictus
Bombus rufocinctus nearcticus
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
~ 16 mm
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Sphecodes sp.
(Blood Bees)
Megachile melanophaea nearcticus
(Black-and-gray Leafcutter Bee)
Apis mellifera nearcticus
(Western Honey Bee)
Bombus centralis nearcticus
(Great Basin Bumble Bee)
Agapostemon sp.
(Striped Sweat Bees)
On Sticky Geranium flower
Bombus rufocinctus nearcticus
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
15 mm
Bombus rufocinctus nearcticus
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
Bombus vosnesenskii nearcticus
(Yellow-faced Bumble Bee)
On a California Poppy
Halictus sp.
Subgenus Seladonia
(Furrow Bees)
Bombus centralis nearcticus
(Great Basin Bumble Bee)
On Sticky Geranium flower
Bombus centralis nearcticus
(Great Basin Bumble Bee)
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus Dialictus
Sphecodes sp.
(Blood Bees)
Halictus sp.
Subgenus Seladonia
(Furrow Bees)
5 mm
Andrena sp.
Subgenus Trachandrena
(Mining Bees)
Panurginus sp.
Associated Species: Tipula oleracea (Marsh Crane Fly)
Melecta sp.
Subgenus Melecta
(Mourning Bees)
Hoplitis sp.
Subgenus Alcidamea
(Small Mason Bees)
5 mm
Agapostemon sp.
(Striped Sweat Bees)
Bombus nevadensis nearcticus
(Nevada Bumble Bee)
Osmia sp.
(Mason Bees)
Captured after entering hole in stump. Cooled, photographed, and released.
Nomada crotchii nearcticus
(Crotch's Nomad)
Bombus vancouverensis nearcticus
(Vancouver Bumble Bee)
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus Dialictus
Agapostemon sp.
Subgenus Agapostemon
(Striped Sweat Bees)
On a Lewis Flax flower
: virescens or less likely coloradinus
Anthophorini
(Digger Bees)
Bombus rufocinctus nearcticus
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
Osmia sp.
Subgenus Melanosmia
(Mason Bees)
4 mm
Osmia sp.
(Mason Bees)
Cutting a piece of a leaf off of a Douglas Hawthorne
Bombus centralis nearcticus
(Great Basin Bumble Bee)
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Andrena prunorum nearcticus
(Prunus Miner Bee)
Andrena prunorum nearcticus
(Prunus Miner Bee)
Sphecodes sp.
(Blood Bees)
Andrena prunorum nearcticus
(Prunus Miner Bee)
Osmia lignaria propinqua
(Mason Bees)
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
On sticky geranium flower
Osmia lignaria propinqua
(Mason Bees)
Nomada crotchii propinqua
(Crotch's Nomad)
Halictus sp.
Subgenus Seladonia
(Furrow Bees)
Anthophora sp.
(Common Digger Bees)
Anthophora plumipes (Hairy-footed Flower Bee) - John Ascher
Or Anthophora pacifica (Pacific Digger Bee) - BugGuide ID
Osmia lignaria propinqua
(Mason Bees)
Anthophora sp.
(Common Digger Bees)
Temp 11 C
Osmia lignaria propinqua
(Mason Bees)
Osmia lignaria propinqua
(Mason Bees)
Sphecodes sp.
(Blood Bees)
Halictus sp.
Subgenus Seladonia
(Furrow Bees)
Halictus confusus propinqua
(Confusing Furrow Bee)
Lasioglossum sp.
On Common Chickweed flower
Lasioglossum sp.
On Common Chickweed flower
Bombus rufocinctus propinqua
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
Apis mellifera propinqua
(Western Honey Bee)
Halictus ligatus propinqua
(Furrow Bees)
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus Dialictus
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus Dialictus
Halictus confusus propinqua
(Confusing Furrow Bee)
Halictus ligatus propinqua
(Furrow Bees)
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Megachile sp.
Subgenus Xanthosarus
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Associated Species: Lavandula angustifolia (Common Lavender)
Apis mellifera propinqua
(Western Honey Bee)
Associated Species: Lavandula angustifolia (Common Lavender)
Hoplitis sp.
(Small Mason Bees)
Megachile sp.
Subgenus Xanthosarus
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Bombus centralis propinqua
(Great Basin Bumble Bee)
Anthidium manicatum propinqua
(European Woolcarder Bee)
Bombus flavidus flavidus
(Yellowish Cuckoo Bumble Bee)
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus Dialictus
Sphecodes sp.
(Blood Bees)
Eucera sp.
Subgenus Synhalonia
Bombus nevadensis flavidus
(Nevada Bumble Bee)
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus Dialictus
Agapostemon sp.
(Striped Sweat Bees)
On an Indian Blanket flower (Gaillardia pulchella)
Bombus nevadensis flavidus
(Nevada Bumble Bee)
Bombus vosnesenskii flavidus
(Yellow-faced Bumble Bee)
Halictus confusus flavidus
(Confusing Furrow Bee)
On a tulip flower
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Nomada sp.
(Nomad Bees)
~ 6 mm
Flying low over garden soil, stopping occasionally on the ground.
BugGuide ID Nomada female
Halictus sp.
Subgenus Seladonia
(Furrow Bees)
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus Dialictus
Halictus sp.
Subgenus Seladonia
(Furrow Bees)
On a strawberry flower
Apis mellifera flavidus
(Western Honey Bee)
Anthophora sp.
(Common Digger Bees)
Apis mellifera flavidus
(Western Honey Bee)
Osmia lignaria propinqua
(Mason Bees)
Bombus centralis propinqua
(Great Basin Bumble Bee)
Halictus sp.
Subgenus Seladonia
(Furrow Bees)
Sleeping on a Dandelion flower head.
Anthophora sp.
(Common Digger Bees)
Fast moving, aggressive bee visiting golden currant flowers.
Cold and windy ~ 7 degrees C.
Bombus mixtus propinqua
(Fuzzy-horned Bumble Bee)
Osmia lignaria propinqua
(Mason Bees)
Bombus centralis propinqua
(Great Basin Bumble Bee)
On Golden Currant flowers
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus Dialictus
Agapostemon sp.
(Striped Sweat Bees)
Agapostemon sp.
(Striped Sweat Bees)
Male
Hylaeus sp.
Associated Species: Petroselinum crispum (Garden Parsley)
Hylaeus sp.
BugGuide IDAssociated Species: Petroselinum crispum (Garden Parsley)
Hylaeus sp.
Associated Species: Petroselinum crispum (Garden Parsley)
Apis mellifera propinqua
(Western Honey Bee)
Associated Species: Petroselinum crispum (Garden Parsley)
Bombus rufocinctus propinqua
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
Agapostemon sp.
Subgenus Agapostemon
(Striped Sweat Bees)
Male on Blanket Flower
Associated Species: Gaillardia pulchella (Indian Blanket)
Halictus ligatus propinqua
(Furrow Bees)
Halictus sp.
Subgenus Seladonia
(Furrow Bees)
Ceratina acantha propinqua
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Anthidium manicatum propinqua
(European Woolcarder Bee)
Halictus sp.
Subgenus Seladonia
(Furrow Bees)
~ 5 mm
Melissodes sp.
Associated Species: Gaillardia pulchella (Indian Blanket)
Bombus occidentalis propinqua
(Western Bumble Bee)
Bombus vagans propinqua
(Half-black Bumble Bee)
Bombus huntii propinqua
(Hunt's Bumble Bee)
Associated Species: Lavandula angustifolia (Common Lavender)
Triepeolus sp.
(Longhorn-cuckoo Bees)
Anthidium manicatum propinqua
(European Woolcarder Bee)
Osmia sp.
(Mason Bees)
Associated Species: Trifolium repens (White Clover)
Apis mellifera propinqua
(Western Honey Bee)
Associated Species: Lavandula angustifolia (Common Lavender)
Megachile sp.
Subgenus Xanthosarus
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Agapostemon sp.
(Striped Sweat Bees)
Bombus sp.
Subgenus Pyrobombus
(Bumble Bees)