From my latest #photo gallery: 'In Formation' - two bees flying exactly parallel to one another, with a cluster of white flowers seemingly the target.
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Mustard Tansy Sweat Bee. Descanso Gardens, La Canada Flintridge, California, USA. June, 2024. #descansogardens #bees #insect #insectphotography #nature #naturephotography #photography #amateurphotography #sweatbees #omsystem #om1 #mzuiko90mmf35promacro
The Sweat Bees are impossible to ID. This is one of the best photos I have been able to get. It is less than 10mm in size, feeding on a Rudbeckia in my garden. The location is Saskatoon (Central SK) today. Any help? INaturalist suggest Lassioglossum gemmatum, but I am not sure.
I was taking a photo of my bog goldenrod and caught the sweat bees in an absolute nectar orgy. I just love their outsized, ant-like antennas!
Furry-claspered Furrow Bee, Lasioglossum lativentre Canon 5D3 Sigma 70 2.8 f/6.3 1/320 iso: 160 Prague, czech Republic 7/19/2024 #Halictidae #Lasioglossum #hymenoptera #bees #SweatBees #Pollinators #WildBees #insects #invertebrates #Macro
One thing I have going for me is that sweat bees simply love to lick me. They land on me and run all up and down my limbs with their tongues out. (This probably means I sweat a lot.)
I love them. I feel like a Disney princess every time this happens.
Bronze Furrow Bee, Halictus tumulorum Canon 7D EFS 60 2.8 f/5.6 1/400 iso: 125 Prague, Czech Republic 6/19/2024 #Apidae #hymenoptera #halictus #SweatBees #bees #WildBees Pollinators #insects #invertebrates #Macro #grasslands
#Pollinator observations from the last few days. No #Bumblebees, but sighted lots of #CarpenterBees (not living in our house -- they have plenty of logs to reside in), #HumingbirdMoths, a few #Honeybees (from neighbor's hives), and some small bees (#Sweatbees). I know we had some Bumblebees as of last October. I hope they make a comeback, though I've noticed their numbers dwindling...
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Also, nothing like doing a little citizen science while you're out protesting. This little sweat bee landed on my sign and has now made their way to iNaturalist:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/182542153
Another jewel bee sunning itself on a flower. (Yes, I know they're actually called 'sweat bees' but how unfair is that name? Celebrate its amazing sparkliness, not some mildly distasteful habits of its distant relatives!)
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"So, we're thinking up a common name for a gorgeously sparkly, metallic green little jewel of a bee - an Agapostemon, or 'stamen loving'. Any ideas?"
"Sweat bee."
"Sweat? As in, well, *sweat*?"
"Yep. Some bees in the Halictidae family are attracted to the salt in human sweat."
"But not Agapostemon."
"No. But they're still sweat bees."
Can we just call them jewel bees instead?
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"Sweat bee."
"Sweat? As in, well, *sweat*?"
"Yep. Some bees in the Halictidae family are attracted to the salt in human sweat."
"But not Agapostemon."
"No. But they're still sweat bees."
Can we just call them jewel bees instead?
#bees #insects #sweatBees #jewelBees #macrophotography #nature #naturePhotography
I'm not sure what exactly is going on but the #SweatBees are treating the obedient plant like it's a condo complex. They climb in, turn around, and chill. So cute! #NativePlants #NorthernIllinois #pollinators
Good morning from the crops garden where a small bee is currently working an Echinacea. #gardening #flowers #perrenials #bees #sweatbees
It's #BeeFactFriday! 
Sweat bees are quite common here in Canada, and they are known to lick the sweat (salt) from people's skin. If this happens to you, feel lucky that you fed a sweat bee! Here is a sweat bee on a mint plant in our backyard.
This is a member of the genus Lasioglossum (family Halictidae), a type of sweat bees, and are effective pollinators.
Native metallic sweat bee (Agapostemon sp.) pollening on native blanketflower (Gaillardia aristata) in my front garden in Portland, Oregon.
Golden Furrow Bee, Halictus subauratus Canon 7D EFS-60 2.8 f/5.6 1/320 iso:125 Prague, Czech Republic July 22, 2020 #Bees #SweatBees #Hymenoptera #Halictidae #insect #invertebrates #Macro #pollinators
