#bcnativeplants

The South End Daily Bee

@msjessegray.bsky.social

6 months ago

A bright metallic emerald green bee with orange pollen on her legs is foraging in a yellow composite flower. Above her, in silhouette, a male of her species is diving through the air straight towards her

These green metallic sweat bee dudes are so tenacious

Especially in late afternoon, the ladies can’t spend 5 second foraging without some dingdong appearing out of nowhere (shazam!)

Agapostemon on Grindelia
#dailybee #bcnativebees #nativebees #nativeplants #bcnativeplants #vancouverisland

The South End Daily Bee

@msjessegray.bsky.social

7 months ago

A dark bee is sitting atop a purple and orange aster flower, with her front half in sun and her back in shade. She has masses of bright orange pollen all over her, not only in her specialized belly hairs but also covering all of her legs, her thorax, and her face. She appears to be drinking some nectar and has one large glossy black eye facing the camera.

Leaf cutter lady - charismatic megafauna of the micro world

On Douglas aster/Symphyotrichum subspicatum getting all pollened up

#megachile #bcnativebees #dailybee #nativeplants #bcnativeplants #pnwnativeplants #leafcutterbee #pollenbee #Symphyotrichum #douglasaster

The South End Daily Bee

@msjessegray.bsky.social

7 months ago

Head-on view of a bee poking his head out from the middle of a yellow flower. His forelegs are propped on the edge of a petal pushing his face toward the camera. From this perspective he’s mostly head: big blueish grey eyes, an enormous blonde toothbrush moustache & antennae.

Summer 2024 leaf cutter boy/Megamale

Megachile in Grindelia, early in the morning when he’s a bit too chilly to fly away when I get close

#dailybee #bcnativebees #megachile #leafcutterbee #megachilemale #gindelia #gumweed #nativeplants #bcnativeplants

The South End Daily Bee

@msjessegray.bsky.social

7 months ago

Most of the image is occupied by a light pinkish-purple aster flower with an orange centre. Perched on one side is a slim dark bee with distinctive white stripes on its abdomen, yellow legs, and long slender antennae. He has a bit of dark blonde fur on his back and face, and deep black, glossy eye

Profile & body view of wee Halictus on the aster from the other day

Slender (abdominal segments & antennae) man

July 2025
#dailybee #bcnativebees #halictus #symphyotrichumsubspicatum #bcnativeplants #douglasaster #nativebees

The South End Daily Bee

@msjessegray.bsky.social

8 months ago

A large fuzzy black bee with yellow accents is having from a cluster of newly-formed berries and small pink flowers. It has about half its legs hanging on from the plant, and the other half are flailing out into the air all around it.

Bumble flail-y legs at it again

Bombus vosnesenskii/yellow faced bumble bee on snowberry/Symphoricarpos albus

July 7.25
#dailybee #bcnativebees #bombus #bombusvosnesenskii #snowberry #bcnativeplants #pollinatorgarden #pnwnativeplants

The South End Daily Bee

@msjessegray.bsky.social

8 months ago

A large brown bee is hanging off the end of a cluster of tiny cream blossoms. She has reddish blonde fur on her body and on the top of her head that is catching the sunlight, and auburn coloured wings.

Large Andrena lady on the Oceanspray showing off her wasp waist and downy fur jacket.

Andrena/mining bee on Holodiscus discolor, a local hallmark of early summer.

July 2025
#dailybee #bcnativebees #bcnativeplants #andrena #miningbees #holidiscus

The South End Daily Bee

@msjessegray.bsky.social

9 months ago

A super fuzzy yellow, brown and orange bumble bee hangs from a cluster of small pink urn-shaped flowers.

People love the fuzzy-wuzzies

Snowberry bumble, May 25.25

Snuneymuxw Territory
South End, Nanaimo
#dailybee #bcnativebees #bcnativeplants #bumblebee