Genus Osmia (Mason Bees)
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Osmia lignaria
(Blue Orchard Bee)
Osmia sp.
On spruce stump
Osmia lignaria
(Blue Orchard Bee)
Caught after it entered a hole in the spruce stump.
9 mm
Osmia sp.
21 Jun 2024
On a lupine flower
Associated Species: Lupinus Sp (Lupines)
Osmia (Melanosmia)
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.
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 (Cephalosmia)
On spruce stump
Osmia lignaria propinqua
(Blue Orchard Bee)
Osmia lignaria
(Blue Orchard Bee)
Osmia lignaria
(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)
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.
Osmia sp.
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
(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)
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Osmia (Melanosmia)

Osmia lignaria propinqua

Osmia montana
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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