This bee was found floundering in a large tub of water, After its rescue it took some 15 minutes for it to dry off suficiently so that it could fly away.
In person, this bee had a bright metallic aqua sheen, but this didn't translate to the photo so it looks far paler than it actually was.
This bee was resting on a gardenia leaf.
About 7mm. Two other bees also present, of other types. I just submitted the larger of the other two bees, but didn’t get a good shot of the smallest bee. Maybe this?
On Westringia