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As of today, our mountain laurels are starting to bloom, and the bees have noticed.
Augochlora sp., I think.
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This little sweat bee seemed to be having a great time on this wet purple heart leaf, running around and rolling in the water...
A couple of days before we had two successive blasts of cold and snow, this Sweat Bee made its way through a patch of Siberian Squill. One of the most effective pollinators in temperate zones, Sweat Bees are an impressive family of insects. More often associated with the green metallic-looking species, the halictid group encompasses an extraordinary numbers of types of bees.
One of the ways that diversity is expressed in the halictid group is in the degree of social behaviour: depending on species and time of year, they can be solitary, communal, semi-social and/or have advanced degrees of social organization.
A key to the identification of the non-metallic halictids is the curved basal vein: the vein at the top edge of the leading wing, which is evident in this image.
I am hopeful this creature made its way back into its home in the ground before the snow fell.
Green Sweat Bee: Central Ontario, Canada
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This is another shot with the 200-500 combined with the Raynox close up lens. This little sweat bee is what drew me to the dandelion in the first place. And, by the way, still uncropped without vignetting!