A sheet of paper containing three graphite drawings of bees. The upper left is a long-horned bee, the upper right is a european/western honeybee, and the lower drawing is a squash bee. All the drawings are shaded fully in greyscale, so the colouration of each species is not visible aside from light versus dark.

And here they are!! My mom's offered to buy them if nobody else does 😄
#art #traditionalart #drawing #pencildrawing #beedrawing #longhornedbee #westernhoneybee #squashbee #insects #insectart #natureart

An ink and marker drawing of a squash bee (Xenoglossa strenua) for the prompt, "niche." The bee is facing right and has a pronounced nasal region of its face; I don't know specific anatomical names for bee facial structures (I would guess it is the labrum...) It basically looks like a hairy bee with a big nose. There are squash/gourd flowers, tendrils, and gourd shapes incorporated throughout the art: flowers are mostly on the hind legs+ thorax, and the plant tendrils are mostly background features. Color scheme is primarily greens, yellows, orange, and tan.

Got lost in the squash with this one...
Squash bees are specialists on cucurbits, and I think that's pretty cool and niche of them.

Sept. 8 Prompt: niche
#squashbee #xenoglossastrenua #cucurbitaceae #traditionalart #sciartseptember

Long horned bee on a yellow squash blossom

You never know what you'll find out in the garden!🐝

#Bees #Bee #SquashBee #Squash #Agriculture #Farm #Garden #Gardening #PlantForPollinators #Pollinators #Conservation #Environment

Looking into the yellow flower of a zucchini. To the right-center is a squash bee collecting the yellow pollen. These specialist bees are superior pollinators for all vegetables in the squash family.

A photograph looking down at a yellow zucchini plant with 2 ripen yellow zucchinis and a 5 petal star shaped yellow flower.

When you grow squash, you’ll attract the Xenoglossa pruinosa (Pruinose Squash Bee)! These ground-nesting, native bees are strict specialists for Cucurbit pollen. You’ll find them active in the morning pollinating vegetables exclusively belonging to the squash family! #xenoglossapruinosa #squashbee