Over two months earlier than last year. Native solitary bee Xylocopa is visiting the Salvia leucantha. Keep going with your plantings. Protect all the fragments. #bees #climateCrisis

At least one male has arrived 🤞another successful generation of Xylocopa. Family calls this native carpenter bee a flying golden teddy bear

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Update: two Xylocopa males circling Salvia leucantha and peach tree. Hope prevails #bees #SolitaryBees