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Honey Bees, Bumble Bees, and Allies (Family Apidae)Observer
jtkindtDescription
Not sure, maybe something in the chimney bees?
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Tribe OxybeliniObserver
jtkindtDescription
I was thinking perdita but the wind venation doesn’t match. Whatever it is, it’s a new one to me!
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Andrena cerebrataObserver
jtkindtDescription
Two male A cerebrata have joined at least a dozen male Chelostoma camping out in our mock orange blossoms. (These are both photos of the same individual, will post pictures of the other after I get them off my camera.)
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Mock-orange Scissor Bee (Chelostoma philadelphi)Observer
jtkindtDescription
Around 8 of them, still all males I think, visiting one tree with about twenty blossoms.
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Common Sawflies (Family Tenthredinidae)Observer
jtkindtDescription
Around rubus and multiflora rose
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Subgenus NeotrypetesObserver
jtkindtDescription
I thought it was a Ceratina and wasn’t trying too hard to get photos, so all I got was a rear view but I think enough to tell genus.
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Littlehip Hawthorn (Crataegus spathulata)Observer
jtkindtDescription
Never noticed this tree across the street, currently being visited by many bees. Unfortunately height and poison ivy make it hard to access for bee photos.
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Loxocera cylindricaObserver
jtkindtDescription
I believe I saw same species here last year on symphyotrichum
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Genus LasioglossumObserver
jtkindtDescription
In flower pot. I saw her enter the nest and waited for her to emerge, but she was apparently too wary of me to leave the nest so I let her alone.
