Hella Bee Nerd

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Learning about native bees.

A green and gray bee on an orange flower with a single pink mite on her black eye.
Tiny black and white jumping spider on bright red flower petal.
A small metallic green bee perched on my normal-sized index finger tip, with California poppies in the background.
A black and yellow bee with just one remaining wing out of four perched on my finger.
A black jumping spider with white spots and bright green pedipalps perched on my hand.
A brown and black bee with green eyes and long sniffing sticks, covered in yellow pollen, on a pink flower.
A black and yellow bee on pink and white flowers, with another one approaching in the background.
Large black and yellow bumble bee perched on my index finger with quality MLK Shoreline scenery in the background.
A male bumble bee mating with a queen while another waits his turn, on road asphalt.
A black bee with subtle white stripes and yellow pollen on a yellow flower and then grooming on the tip of my index finger.
Two little metallic green bees on a white poppy flower. One is on the yellow stamens, the other one waiting her turn.
A small metallic green bee with extra long sniffing sticks on a bright yellow flower.
A light brown bee with green eyes and long sniffing sticks sleeping on a pale pink flower.
Holding bright yellow flowers with a small black and white bee foraging on them.
A light gray and black bee with long sniffing sticks, black eyes and prominent white mustache perched on my thumb, grooming himself.
Brown yellow and black female longhorn bee on a bright red and yellow Gallardia flower, carrying lots of pale lavender colored pollen, minding her own business.
A midsize black and brown bee collecting pollen on a yellow flower I’m holding with my hand. Lots of bright yellow pollen on the pollen-collecting hairs on her legs.
A small gray/green bee with yellow pollen on her back legs perched on my left middle finder, cleaning her back with her right middle leg.
A little metallic green bee grabbing two bright yellow Rock Rose flower stamens to nibble pollen at the ends. The petals are pink with red spots at the inner ends.
An all-black Foothill female carpenter bee collecting pollen on yellow Aeonium arboreum flowers.
A male honey bee perched on my finger.
Gray/green bee with white abdominal stripes and extra long sniffing sticks on orange California poppy flower.
Female Longhorn bee collecting pollen then evading male making a mating attempt with a rather dramatic somersault dodge.
A gray/green bee with striped abdomen perched on my thumb.
A honey bee mimicking fly sleeping in a yellow black mustard flower.
A little gray/green bee with bright yellow pollen on her legs inside an orange California poppy flower blowing transparent nectar bubbles.
A little metallic green Dialictus bee foraging on bright yellow flowers with three ants not much smaller than her roaming nearby.
A small gray/green worker bee perched on my thumb. On her right eye is a group of tiny semi-transparent pink phoretic mites.
Metallic gray/green bee very thoroughly covered with yellow pollen on California poppy flower. California poppies are usually completely orange but many like this one have half-yellow petals.
Small black and white bee with bright yellow pollen perched on my thumb.
Small black and white blue-eyed wasp drinking nectar from the surface of the petal of a yellow flower.
A striped brown, black, orange and white Narcissus Bulb Fly picking up pollen from a purple Geranium Incanum flower.
A large golden carpenter bee with green eyes vibrating before taking off from backyard fence. Nest hole in the near background.