Close up of the yellow centre of a small mauve aster flower, with a tiny dark bee perched on top. She is fully black from end to end but her features stand out in the sunshine.

Teeny Ceratina in an afternoon sunbeam

They’re so small and so dark and so glossy that it’s usually tricky to get detailed photos with the equipment I have so it was a nice surprise to see her outlined so clearly

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A Carpenter Bee still finding food in the Penstemon digitalis.
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The only in focus shots I got of this small carpenter bee.

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Throwback from August 2021. Think this was a small carpenter bee.

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Only shot that was in focus of this small carpenter bee.

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Small carpenter bee mom is still nesting.

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