Osmia lignaria
(Blue Orchard Bee)
Osmia sp.
(Mason Bees)
On spruce stump
Osmia lignaria
(Blue Orchard Bee)
Caught after it entered a hole in the spruce stump.
9 mm
Megachile sp.
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Coelioxys sp.
(Sharptail Bees)
Associated Species: Origanum vulgare (Oregano)
Megachile rotundata
(Alfalfa Leafcutter Bee)
Megachile sp.
Subgenus Xanthosarus
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Heriades sp.
Subgenus Neotrypetes
(Armored-Resin Bees)
Associated Species: Origanum vulgare (Oregano)
Coelioxys sp.
Subgenus Cyrtocoelioxys
(Sharptail Bees)
Associated Species: Origanum vulgare (Oregano)
Heriades sp.
Subgenus Neotrypetes
(Armored-Resin Bees)
On common yarrow flowers
Associated Species: Achillea millefolium (Common Yarrow)
Megachile sp.
Subgenus Xanthosarus
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
On oregano flowers
Associated Species: Origanum vulgare (Oregano)
Heriades sp.
Subgenus Neotrypetes
(Armored-Resin Bees)
In Oregano flowers
Megachile sp.
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Visiting common lavender flowers
Associated Species: Lavandula angustifolia (Common Lavender)
Osmia sp.
(Mason Bees)
21 Jun 2024
On a lupine flower
Associated Species:
Osmia sp.
Subgenus Melanosmia
(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.
Osmia sp.
(Mason Bees)
On Phacelia heterophylla flowers
Associated Species: Phacelia heterophylla (Virgate Scorpionweed)
Hoplitis sp.
Subgenus Alcidamea
(Small Mason Bees)
On
Phacelia heterophyllaflower
Associated Species: Phacelia heterophylla (Virgate Scorpionweed)
Osmia sp.
Subgenus Melanosmia
(Mason Bees)
On Phacelia heterophyla flowers.
Osmia sp.
Subgenus Melanosmia
(Mason Bees)
Megachile pugnata
(Pugnacious Leafcutter Bee)
Osmia sp.
Subgenus Melanosmia
(Mason Bees)
Osmia sp.
Subgenus Melanosmia
(Mason Bees)
Anthidium manicatum
(European Woolcarder Bee)
Hoplitis sp.
Subgenus Alcidamea
(Small Mason Bees)
Megachile sp.
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Hoplitis sp.
Subgenus Alcidamea
(Small Mason Bees)
Hoplitis sp.
(Small Mason Bees)
8 Jun 2023
Hoplitis sp.
(Small Mason Bees)
8 Jun 2023
Osmia lignaria
(Blue Orchard Bee)
Megachile angelarum
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Coelioxys sp.
Subgenus Cyrtocoelioxys
(Sharptail Bees)
Megachile sp.
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
3 Aug 2022
Captured leaving hole in spruce stump.
10 mm
Megachile sp.
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
3 Aug 2022
Megachile sp.
Subgenus Xanthosarus
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Osmia sp.
Subgenus Melanosmia
(Mason Bees)
Osmia sp.
Subgenus Cephalosmia
(Mason Bees)
Osmia lignaria
(Blue Orchard Bee)
It looks like he has a load of mites around his waist.
Megachile sp.
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Osmia sp.
Subgenus Cephalosmia
(Mason Bees)
On spruce stump
Osmia montana
(Mason Bees)
Osmia lignaria propinqua
(Blue Orchard Bee)
Megachile angelarum propinqua
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Closing up nest with resin in bee hotel.
Seems to be using resin.
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)
Megachile angelarum propinqua
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
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
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
Anthidium manicatum propinqua
(European Woolcarder Bee)
Osmia lignaria propinqua
(Blue Orchard Bee)
Dianthidium sp.
Subgenus Dianthidium
(Pebble Bees)
Megachile angelarum propinqua
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Anthidium manicatum propinqua
(European Woolcarder Bee)
Coelioxys sp.
Subgenus Cyrtocoelioxys
(Sharptail Bees)
Coelioxys sp.
Subgenus Cyrtocoelioxys
(Sharptail Bees)
Coelioxys sp.
Subgenus Cyrtocoelioxys
(Sharptail Bees)
Anthidium manicatum propinqua
(European Woolcarder Bee)
Osmia lignaria propinqua
(Blue Orchard Bee)
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.
Osmia lignaria propinqua
(Blue Orchard Bee)
Megachile sp.
Subgenus Chelostomoides
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Osmia lignaria propinqua
(Blue Orchard Bee)
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.
Megachile sp.
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Megachile sp.
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Coelioxys sp.
Subgenus Cyrtocoelioxys
(Sharptail Bees)
Coelioxys sp.
Subgenus Cyrtocoelioxys
(Sharptail Bees)
Lurking at the bee hotel
Hoplitis albifrons propinqua
(White-fronted Small-Mason)
Inspecting a drilled hole in a spruce stump
Megachile rotundata propinqua
(Alfalfa Leafcutter Bee)
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
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
Megachile melanophaea propinqua
(Black-and-gray Leafcutter Bee)
Hoplitis sp.
Subgenus Alcidamea
(Small Mason Bees)
5 mm
Osmia sp.
(Mason Bees)
Captured after entering hole in stump. Cooled, photographed, and released.
Osmia sp.
Subgenus Melanosmia
(Mason Bees)
4 mm
Osmia sp.
(Mason Bees)
Cutting a piece of a leaf off of a Douglas Hawthorne
Osmia lignaria propinqua
(Blue Orchard Bee)
Osmia lignaria propinqua
(Blue Orchard Bee)
Osmia lignaria propinqua
(Blue Orchard Bee)
Osmia lignaria propinqua
(Blue Orchard Bee)
Osmia lignaria propinqua
(Blue Orchard Bee)
Megachile sp.
Subgenus Xanthosarus
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Associated Species: Lavandula angustifolia (Common Lavender)
Hoplitis sp.
(Small Mason Bees)
Megachile sp.
Subgenus Xanthosarus
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Anthidium manicatum propinqua
(European Woolcarder Bee)
Osmia lignaria propinqua
(Blue Orchard Bee)
Osmia lignaria propinqua
(Blue Orchard Bee)
Anthidium manicatum propinqua
(European Woolcarder Bee)
Anthidium manicatum propinqua
(European Woolcarder Bee)
Osmia sp.
(Mason Bees)
Associated Species: Trifolium repens (White Clover)
Megachile sp.
Subgenus Xanthosarus
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)