#halictid

[hotsnakesummer]

Sweat Bee in a Geranium Flower by Dalantech

[typhlonectes]

Scientists have "rediscovered" a rare blue bee that they feared was extinct.

May 18th, 2020

Until this spring, the "ultra-rare" blue calamintha bee (Osmia calaminthae) had only been observed in four locations in central Florida, and it hadn't been seen at all since 2016. So when Florida Museum of Natural History research team Chase Kimmel and Jaret Daniels set out to document the bee's population status and habits, they weren't sure what they would find.

"I was open to the possibility that we may not find the bee at all so that first moment when we spotted it in the field was really exciting," Kimmel, a postdoctoral researcher, said in a museum press release...

Read more: https://www.ecowatch.com/blue-bee-florida-scientists-2646024715.html?

photograph by Bob Peterson | Flickr CC

[scrumpyfan43]

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[speakingofnature]

This Sweat Bee (Tribe Augochlorini) was found blowing bubbles with its saliva. Some observers believe this is a method used to regulate their body temperature.

[hisj]

_Halictus aerarius_ #halictid female #sweatbee #アカガネコハナバチ #pollinator _Coreopsis lanceolata_ #lance_leaved #coreopsis #オオキンケイギク

[hisj]

#Lasioglossum sp. #halictid #sweatbee #コハナバチ _Salvia guaranitica_ #guaranitica #sage #ガラニティカセージ 花穂を押さえる指が写っている。被写体ブレを防いで接写するには、蜂が止まっている花の一部を指で押さえその指か腕にカメラを添え、皮膚の伸びる範囲内でカメラを前後させてフォーカス位置を微調整するのが最も手軽。蜂が慣れてくれると、一旦その花を離れても再びそこに戻ってきてくれる。慌てて手離さずに待っていれば良い。 (Maebashi, Gumma)

[scrumpyfan43]

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[scrumpyfan43]

two halictid bees (or maybe the same one) earning the name “sweat bee”