SmugMug > keywords > agapostemon virescens > A female green metallic bee, heavily loaded with pollen, collects more from an echinacea flower.
SmugMug > keywords > agapostemon virescens > A green metallic bee on a spiderwort flower, head-on.
SmugMug > keywords > agapostemon virescens > A green metallic sweat bee (Agapostemon viriscens) grooms after collecting nectar from a spiderwort flower.
SmugMug > keywords > agapostemon virescens > A green metallic bee (Agapostemon viriscens) searches in a flower against a solid blue sky.
SmugMug > keywords > agapostemon virescens > A green metallic sweat bee (Agapostemon viriscens) grooms after collecting nectar from a flower.  Sweat bees, also know as halictid bees, do not have a complex social organization like honey bees; females may dig out their own nesting chambers off of a shared main tunnel, but they collect their own food and nesting materials.
SmugMug > keywords > agapostemon virescens > This green iridescent sweat bee is loaded with pollen grains after only a few minutes on the flowers! Check out those eyes. This bee is probably  :Agapostemon virescens . The black and white banded abdomen is partially obscured by all the pollen. There is a nice concise description of these bees at 
< http://www.everythingabout.net/articles/biology/animals/arthropods/insects/bees/sweat_bee/  >
A female green metallic bee, heavily loaded with pollen, collects more from an echinacea flower.
 > A female green metallic bee, heavily loaded with pollen, collects more from an echinacea flower.
A female green metallic bee, heavily loaded with pollen, collects more from an echinacea flower.
Photo by: Michael Hampson • see photo in gallery

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