My Little Bees: Participatory Pollinator Research in NYC

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Des abeilles du genre Colletes, occupées sur une Tanaisie Commune (Tanacetum vulgare).
D'après ce qu'on m'a appris il pourrait s'agir de C. fodiens, C. similis ou C. daviesanus, mais il aurait fallu avoir une bonne vue du premier segment de l'abdomen pour les départager.

Dunes du Fort Vert (Marck), août 2022

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The burrowing bees are so cute. They'll sit right at the entrance of their holes and, when you pass by, immediately retreat. However if you wait patiently they'll come back up again.

I thought I also saw immense bees buzzing around, but they turned out to be furry scarab beetles of some kind!

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The cellophane bees (_Colletes_) are out! Taken last week in High Park.

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Nesting Aggregation of Cellophane Bees

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Nesting Aggregation of Cellophane Bees

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#Colletes thoracicus, rufous-chested #CellophaneBee (#Colletidae) is another #Bee species making its home in my #Garden. Ground-nesters, each generation lives just one year. I've tracked this population since 2008, 14 generations!

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Rufous-backed Cellophane Bee (Colletes thoracicus)

Rufous-backed Cellophane Bee from Flatbush, Brooklyn, NY, USA on May 26, 2008 at 05:53 PM by Chris Kreussling (Flatbush Gardener). Colletes thoracicus, rufous-chested cellophane bee, collected from along my driveway, May 2008 ...

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