Osmia sp.
First bee I\'ve seen in the yard this year.
Osmia lignaria
(Blue Orchard Bee)
Osmia sp.
Caught after entering hole in spruce stump. 9 mm.
Osmia (Osmia)
First bee observation in the yard this spring. Male, checking out the holes in the stump.
Osmia sp.
On a lupine flower
Osmia sp.
21 Jun 2024
On a lupine flower
Associated Species: Lupinus Sp (Lupines)
Osmia coloradensis
On Phacelia heterophylla flowers
Associated Species: Phacelia heterophylla (Virgate Scorpionweed)
Osmia (Melanosmia)
On Phacelia heterophyla flowers.
Osmia lignaria
(Blue Orchard Bee)
Osmia lignaria
(Blue Orchard Bee)
It looks like he has a load of mites around his waist.
Osmia lignaria propinqua
(Blue Orchard Bee)
Osmia montana
Caught leaving hole in spruce stump
Osmia lignaria
(Blue Orchard Bee)
Osmia sp.
10 mm\r\nCaught leaving bee hotel, cooled in the fridge, photographed and released.\r\n\r\nI\'m not sure what she\'s holding on to.
Osmia lignaria
(Blue Orchard Bee)
First bee in bee hotel. \r\nSeems 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)
Osmia lignaria propinqua
(Blue Orchard Bee)
Exited a 7 mm diameter drilled hole in spruce stump.\r\n\r\nMale blue orchard bee emerging?\r\n\r\nHe 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 montana
Captured after entering hole in stump. Cooled, photographed, and released.
Osmia sp.
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)
Osmia lignaria propinqua
(Blue Orchard Bee)
Osmia lignaria
(Blue Orchard Bee)
Osmia sp.
Associated Species: Trifolium repens (White Clover)
Taxonomy
Subclass:
Pterygota (Winged and Once-winged Insects)
Suborder:
Apocrita (Narrow-waisted Wasps, Ants, and Bees)
Infraorder:
Aculeata (Ants, Bees, and Stinging Wasps)
Superfamily:
Apoidea (Bees and Apoid Wasps)
Family:
Megachilidae (Mason, Leafcutter, Carder, and Resin Bees)
Genus:
Osmia (Mason Bees)
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