Nannette Richford
  • HOME
  • Nature Photography
    • Birds
    • Butterflies and other Insects
    • Flowers
    • Garden Critters
  • BLOG - Through My Lens
  • Books
  • About Me
  • Contact Me
  • Digital Art

Sweat Bee Gathering Pollen - Macro Photography

1/9/2017

0 Comments

 
Picture
Today's photo is a female sweat bee (Halictidae) gathering pollen on a St. John's Wort flower. This tiny bee ranges in color from blue to green and sometimes purple, but the green sweat bee is most common in Maine. It looks metallic in the summer sun. The sweat bee is not aggressive and only stings if it is handled, but it is attracted to the salt and moisture in human sweat. Female sweat bees carry pollen on their hind legs, but males do not. You can find sweat bees in gardens and along roadsides throughout the summer.
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    RSS Feed

    Archives

    November 2020
    April 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    December 2018
    October 2018
    August 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016

© 2018  Nannette Richford