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Nearctic Bumble Bee (Bombus vancouverensis ssp. nearcticus)Observer
jbinpgDescription
Queen burrow hunting. Cottonwood Island Park, Prince George, BC, Canada.
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Tricolored Bumble Bee (Bombus ternarius)Observer
jbinpgDescription
Queen burrow hunting. Cottonwood Island Park, Prince George, BC, Canada.
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Fuzzy-Horned Bumble Bee (Bombus mixtus)Observer
juliabugDescription
With Lonicera involucrata, Black Twinberry
At native plant nursery
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Unequal Cellophane Bee (Colletes inaequalis)Observer
lindylin1212Description
On sandy south-east facing slope in open area
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Vancouver Island Bumble Bee (Bombus vancouverensis ssp. vancouverensis)Observer
ebenezer_bugbee
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Black-tailed Bumble Bee (Bombus melanopygus)Observer
libroviaDescription
Nesting in birdhouse
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Western Evening Primrose Sweat Bee (Lasioglossum lusorium)Observer
donnalucasDescription
On butterfly milkweed.
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Fuzzy-Horned Bumble Bee (Bombus mixtus)Observer
aparshynDescription
Vedder Rotary Trail
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Black-tailed Bumble Bee (Bombus melanopygus)Observer
terrancecarrPlace
Earthwise Society Demonstration Garden and Farm, 6400 3 Ave, Delta, BC V4L 1B1, Canada (Google, OSM)
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Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees (Genus Megachile)Observer
wenatcheebDescription
Petalcutting bee that couldn't cut a petal. Observed attempting to cut several different petals on these sundrops, but all she managed was to bruise the edge.
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Silver-tailed Petalcutter (Megachile montivaga)Observer
wenatcheebDescription
Accidentally cut open this nest filled with petal wrapped cocoons. It was in Rumex crispus, going to seed and I was removing the top to prevent it from spreading. There was a larvae moving at the cut opening so I cut below the node to take it in and see what was inside.
There was the one adult bee that came with it. But it is male and he is entered as a separate entry.
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Silver-tailed Petalcutter (Megachile montivaga)Observer
tom_barnes_Description
M. montivaga? The petals of this flower have been cut and removed by Megachile bees.
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Silver-tailed Petalcutter (Megachile montivaga)Observer
kailhDescription
On a Clarkia bottae.
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Silver-tailed Petalcutter (Megachile montivaga)Observer
schendyDescription
tussling with Pebble Bee
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Red-belted Bumble Bee (Bombus rufocinctus)Observer
tloh2Description
Found barely moving on the ground
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Van Dyke's Bumble Bee (Bombus vandykei)Observer
johnkoltsDescription
On Oregon Grape (Mahonia aquifolium)
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Death Camas Mining Bee (Andrena astragali)Observer
johndreynoldsDescription
Rocky Bluffs above sea. Read Island Provincial Park, BC, Canada
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Farewell-To-Spring (Clarkia amoena)Observer
amycampionDescription
Bumble bee sleeping in Clarkia flower. Grown from seed, Steele Acres Seed.
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Black-tailed Bumble Bee (Bombus melanopygus)Observer
lyfisgrandDescription
tiny little worker I guess
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Silver-tailed Petalcutter (Megachile montivaga)Observer
jessicawDescription
This is the 5th hole excavated in the stem of a giant coneflower. She's using wild rose petals to line them.
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Silver-tailed Petalcutter (Megachile montivaga)Observer
pam-piombinoDescription
This leaf-cutter bee made a nest in the stem of a dill (which I let self-seed for Black Swallowtails larval food. At first, it was just a hole in the stem, but a wind storm broke it in two.
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Silver-tailed Petalcutter (Megachile montivaga)Observer
brburkeDescription
Burrowing in to the stock of a Pale Indian Plantain (Arnoglossum atriplicifolium)
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Silver-tailed Petalcutter (Megachile montivaga)Observer
wenatcheebDescription
Megachile cutting petals for her nest. She carried them down to the stems in the brush and seemed to be shoving them into a cracked stem at the base of the flowers. There is that Silver-tailed Petal-cutting bee, maybe she is one of those?
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Silver-tailed Petalcutter (Megachile montivaga)Observer
larissakhDescription
Second year in a row these bees have shown up to pollinate and harvest Clarkia amoena petals for nesting.
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Silver-tailed Petalcutter (Megachile montivaga)Observer
ololaikiDescription
She was collecting Clarkia amoena petals for nest cells lining.
Video:
https://ololaiki.smugmug.com/Animals/Other-1/Bees/Leafcutter-Bees/Megachile-montivaga/i-xsGQv8G/A
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Silver-tailed Petalcutter (Megachile montivaga)Observer
nature4lzwDescription
It is unusual to see pollinators at Vinca flowers, so I started snapping photos of this native bee. It was not gathering pollen or nectar--but cutting petals for its nest. (Such smooth cuts!) Note: The order of these photos is last to first.
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Mason Bees (Genus Osmia)Observer
wenatcheebDescription
Salvia dorii plants planted in yard.
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Subgenus AgapostemonObserver
wenatcheebDescription
Sphaerralcea planted in yard.
