Jul 17, 2017
Small resin bee (Heriades spp.) ambling along the flowers of an anise hyssop plant (Agastache foeniculum). These bees are closely related to mason and leafcutter bees, and much like their cousins, they can be coaxed to board a bee hotel. In some places with their preferred plants they can be exceptionally numerous. Fast and erratic fliers, when in large numbers these bees can form what could easily be mistaken as a "swarm of gnats." #bees #insects #pollinators #heriades #resinbee #smallresinbee #wildbee #bug #macrophotography #macro_x #macroworld_tr #insects_of_our_world #kings_insects #macro_mood #macro_perfection #beesofinstagram #hyssop #macroclique #mat_macro #buzz #blackbee