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Just when you were getting used to bees being multicolored, but striped or flat, I give you a polka dot Megachilidae! This friend carries pollen on it's belly rather than just its legs, so it can carry more tasty tasty protein to its happy solitary home. Is it weird I am relating really hard to all these solitary native bees? #inktober #wildbee #beeaday https://www.instagram.com/p/BpkhhJPFOWW/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=av161sldyv6
Self care today meant not drawing a new bee because my tremor was too bad, but I wanted to see what a page in a coloring book might look like, so this is a test page with the blue Carpenter. #inktober #beeaday #wildbee https://www.instagram.com/p/Bpa4mY9F5j2/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1cnhrt9nyajf2
Inktober 20! This is Megachile Brevis. I fell for it's furry belly, then found a source with the tippy toes and was smitten. If you want to see some of these friends in photos, check out Sam Droege, who is collecting Wild Bees! I use some of his pictures as sources or just to find my next inspiration. He's doing important work! #beeaday #inktober #wildbee https://www.instagram.com/p/BpY2vfxlmKT/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1qpbmr7ev66kc
Inktober 19. I fell so in love with this shy little love. Another wasp-looking friend who is so tiny and just wants to collect nectar and be left alone. I hear you, Dianthidium curvatum. #wildbee #inktober #beeaday https://www.instagram.com/p/BpVW8AglIUh/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=urfmj1f5e86
Inktober 18! This is a Coelioxys parasitic bee. It will sneak into solitary bee nests and lay it's eggs in their egg cells to be fed and raised by the other bee species. This one is colored using a different palate than usual, after suggestion that a coloring book would be interesting. I have the outline copy as well, and will see what I think from a few iterations like this. #inktober #wildbee #beeaday https://www.instagram.com/p/BpSj-bSlTdl/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=dk968q4s00x4
Inktober 17. I could Just do a month of Carpenter bees. This blue one is such a fuzzy friend! And so vibrant! #inktober #beeaday #wildbee https://www.instagram.com/p/BpP0zfFFV1k/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1l5s9ae4v1any
Inktober 16! Tomorrow is going to be hella busy, so I made an Extra Big Carpenter Bee. I fell in love with those eyes, and was just going to do the face, then I.. didn't stop. #inktober #wildbee #beeaday https://www.instagram.com/p/BpIoCRYFsXl/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1vuu7rzbq394j
Inktober 15! 14 marked the end of my bee circle, so now I am playing with other study directions. With my babgirlcat curled up on my lap, I was in the mood for a fuzzy be friend too. This is Bombus hypnorum, I love that messy fur! #wildbee #bumlebee #inktober #beeaday https://www.instagram.com/p/BpF8ZTklqYT/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=clv7h92byrry
