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Metallic Sweat Bees (Subgenus Dialictus)Observer
bobmcdDescription
Rhododendron
~3mm in size
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Vancouver Bumble Bee (Bombus vancouverensis)Observer
jbinpgDescription
B. v. nearcticus on black twinberry. Possibly a worker rather than a queen due to smaller size.
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Ligated Furrow Bee (Halictus ligatus)Observer
watercoloristDescription
on Hymenoxys
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Black-tailed Bumble Bee (Bombus melanopygus)Observer
leelarkinDescription
Feeding on Lupinus arcticus and Dodecatheon hendersonii
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Black-tailed Bumble Bee (Bombus melanopygus)Observer
juliabugDescription
With Tellima grandiflora (Frigecup)
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Western Blue Orchard Bee (Osmia lignaria ssp. propinqua)Observer
growingtogether
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Black-tailed Bumble Bee (Bombus melanopygus)Observer
laurenceaDescription
Rhododendron
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Melecta separataObserver
bobmcdDescription
10 flagellomeres ♀
Lack of scopa on hind leg (differs from Andrena)
2nd submarginal cell consistent with Melecta
"white" markings on abdomen observed through wings consistent with Melecta separata
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Nomad Bees (Genus Nomada)Observer
thomasbarbinDescription
two individuals here. was switching between them while photographing depending on which was cooperating. not sure who is who. Have more angles if needed
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Mourning Bees (Genus Melecta)Observer
rwrDescription
I think the pygidial plate looks right
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Prairie Pasqueflower (Pulsatilla nuttalliana)Observer
danjohnsonDescription
North of the Red Deer River, Alberta
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Nomad Bees (Genus Nomada)Observer
bradenjudsonDescription
Crab spider prey in Dandelion.
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Genus AndrenaObserver
benkeenDescription
On a mediterranean spurge. Not sure about ID; iNat just seemed extremely confident.
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Black-tailed Bumble Bee (Bombus melanopygus)Observer
bobmcdDescription
on blueberries
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Yellow-Fronted Bumble Bee (Bombus flavifrons)Observer
sprcrkwildDescription
On Pacific Bleeding Heart
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California Bumble Bee (Bombus californicus)Observer
sprcrkwildDescription
On Red Deadnettle
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Mason Bees (Genus Osmia)Observer
jbartlett79Description
They're so little! And so quick to fly away!
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Pacific Dune-Digger (Habropoda miserabilis)Observer
kriseth7Description
Revisited the dune vegetation with the dominant plectritis congesta blooming at Kala Point where sand nesting is present (subsequent submission).
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Pacific Dune-Digger (Habropoda miserabilis)Observer
kriseth7Description
I've been monitoring the silver diggers at this dune habitat/coastal strand at Kuhn Spit/Kala Point Beach since early April. I discovered the digger, identified by others, nesting colony site. Now I am seeing more females than males, here 4 females were monitored nest making, restoring. Late afternoon. Their primary floral resource has been Plectritis congesta, blooming well and covering most of the low dunes.
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Furrow Bees (Genus Halictus)Observer
rwrDescription
on balsamorhiza sagitatta
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Nearctic Bumble Bee (Bombus vancouverensis ssp. nearcticus)Observer
jenny_feick
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Western Blue Orchard Bee (Osmia lignaria ssp. propinqua)Observer
growingtogether
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Ashy Digger Bee (Habropoda cineraria)Observer
tyson_ehlersDescription
Not great photos of this early spring bee visiting Astragalus purshii.
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Subgenus AndrenaObserver
bstarzomskiDescription
covered in Acer macrophyllum pollen
