Bees
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Anthophora (Anthophoroides) californica
MaleTaken by SL Buchmann
Ancylandrena rozeni
Male
San Bernardino Valley, Sonora, Mexico
Collected by RL Minckley at Phacelia crenulata flowers
Image taken by S Bossert
Andrena (Belandrena) sphaeralceae
FemaleSan Bernardino Valley, Sonora, MexicoCollected by Jose Arturo Romero at Sphaeralcea sp? flowers Image taken by S Bossert
Apis mellifera
Collecting pollen from Argemone pleicantha flowers
San Bernardino Valley, Sonora, Mexico, USA
Taken by A Rahi on 13 August 2005
Calliopsis (Nomadopsis) puellae
Mating on Calycoseris wrightii flowerSan Bernardino Valley, Sonora, MexicoTaken by RL Minckley on 25 April 2002
Calliopsis (Nomadopsis) puellae
FemaleTaken by S Bossert
Centris caesalpinae
MaleSan Bernardino Valley, Sonora, MexicoTaken by L del Carmen Salas-Arcos on 20 May 2005
Centris caesalpinae
Female collecting oils from Krameria flowers Maricopa County, Arizona, USA.
Taken by Bruce D. Taubert during spring, 2020
Centris caesalpinae
Female collecting oils from Krameria flowers Maricopa County, Arizona, USA.
Taken by Bruce D. Taubert during spring, 2020
Centris caesalpinae
Male on Acacia flower
Maricopa County, Arizona, USA.
Taken by Bruce D. Taubert during spring, 2020
Centris caesalpinae
Female on Acacia flower
Maricopa County, Arizona, USA.
Taken by Bruce D. Taubert during spring, 2020
Colletes inaequalis
Mating at the emergence area. Highland Park, Rochester, New York, USA.
Taken by J. Adam Fenster on 8 April 2018
Colletes inaequalis
Nest entrances surrounded by soil tumuliHighland Park, Rochester, New York, USA.
Taken by J. Adam Fenster on 8 April 2018
Colletes inaequalis
Female at nest entrance.
Highland Park, Rochester, New York, USA.
Taken by J. Adam Fenster on 8 April 2019.
Colletes inaequalis
Male, looking at youHighland Park, Rochester, New York, USATaken by J. Adam Fenster on 12 April 2018
Colletes inaequalis
A group of males struggling to find a newly emerging female (a "mating ball")
Highland Park, Rochester, New York, USA.
Taken by J. Adam Fenster on 18 April 2019
Colletes inaequalis
Look closely and you can see males in flight.
Highland Park, Rochester, New York, USA
Taken by J. Adam Fenster on 8 April 2019
Diadasia diminuta?
A pair of males sleeping in a mallow flower (Sphaeralcea)
Maricopa County, Arizona, USA.
Taken by Bruce D. Taubert during spring 2020
Diadasia
Female
Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
Taken by Bruce D. Taubert during spring 2020
Diadasia (Dasiapis) ochracea
Female foraging at Sphaeralcea laxa flower. 2 August 2004. San Bernardino Valley, Sonora, Mexico
Taken by RG Hatfield
Macrotera (Macroteropsis) parkeri
Males in Echinocactus flower.
San Bernardino Valley, Cochise County, Arizona, USA. Taken by W Radke on 7 April 2015
Macrotera (Macroteropsis) parkeri
Female at flower of C. robbinsorum. San Bernardino Valley, Cochise County, Arizona, USA. Taken by WR Radke on 7 April 2015
Lasioglossum (Dialictus) sp?
Female at Sphaeralcea laxa.flower San Bernardino Valley, Sonora, Mexico Taken by RG Hatfield on 2 August 2004
Megandrena enceliae
MaleTaken by S Bossert.
Melissodes (Eumelissodes) tristis
Mutant with tarsi at tips of both antennaeTaken by M Clark
Perdita (Glossoperdita) hurdi
Female at Proboscidea althaeifolia flower San Bernardino Valley, Sonora, Mexico Taken by C Mayer on 6 August 2007
Perdita (Glossoperdita) hurdi
FemaleSan Bernardino Valley, Sonora, MexicoCollected by R Gyuro on Proboscidea parviflora flowersImage taken by S. Bossert
Trigona ferricauda
Foragers at nest entrance
Darien, Panama
Taken by Bruce D. Taubert in 2017