A bumble bee with large lumps of pollen on her back legs is mid-flight towards a cluster of flowers. Her mouthparts are fully extended, looking like a fruit roll-up hanging between her mandibles.

Bumble tongue show & tell

May 14.25
Snuneymuxw Territory
South End, Nanaimo
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A bee with a black and white striped abdomen, an upper body covered in fuzzy white hair, and a huge glossy black eye sits on small cream coloured blossoms.

Soft focus cellophane bee on Oceanspray.

These guys line their nest tunnels/egg cells with a plastic film that is waterproof and anti microbial.

Colletes sp. on Holodiscus discolor

June 2024
Snuneymuxw Territory
South End ‘Nanaimo’

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