Osmia sp.
(Mason Bees)
21 Jun 2024
On a lupine flower
Associated Species:
Osmia sp.
(Mason Bees)
On Phacelia heterophylla flowers
Associated Species: Phacelia heterophylla (Virgate Scorpionweed)
Osmia sp.
Subgenus Melanosmia
(Mason Bees)
Osmia sp.
Subgenus Melanosmia
(Mason Bees)
Osmia sp.
Subgenus Melanosmia
(Mason Bees)
Osmia lignaria
(Mason Bees)
Osmia sp.
Subgenus Melanosmia
(Mason Bees)
Osmia lignaria
(Mason Bees)
It looks like he has a load of mites around his waist.
Osmia sp.
Subgenus Cephalosmia
(Mason Bees)
On spruce stump
Osmia montana
(Mason Bees)
Osmia lignaria propinqua
(Mason Bees)
Osmia lignaria propinqua
(Mason Bees)
Osmia lignaria propinqua
(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.
Osmia lignaria propinqua
(Mason 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.
Osmia sp.
Subgenus Melanosmia
(Mason Bees)
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
(Mason Bees)
Osmia lignaria propinqua
(Mason Bees)
Osmia lignaria propinqua
(Mason Bees)
Osmia lignaria propinqua
(Mason Bees)
Osmia lignaria propinqua
(Mason Bees)
Osmia lignaria propinqua
(Mason Bees)
Osmia lignaria propinqua
(Mason Bees)
Osmia sp.
(Mason Bees)
Associated Species: Trifolium repens (White Clover)