the honeybee was actively stealing the pollen from the corbiculae of the bumblebee -- hadn't seen that before
My wife unintentionally found these a week before this picture was taken and was stung 3 times. I'm not a bee expert, but I swear I see ~3 different species, B. ternarius being one of them? Any thoughts? I'll repost the images for separate species.
Queen still present and alive. Same individual as https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/201844961. Finally left on April 13, 2024.
Bombus impatiens nectaring on Black Cohosh, Actaea racemosa This plant is visited in my yard by bumblebees and honeybees, but not the other smaller bees from what I have observed. Also some beetles attracted to the flowers
Watched this bee excavating pith from the stalk of a live goldenrod. Concave gray-tipped T6 and deep tergal grooves raise intriguing possibility of M. montivaga. Will monitor and see if she brings leaves or petals back to nest!
Update: my wife and I saw a bee exiting this hole the following day. That bee is shown here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/86512511
BWCA ski trails https://www.inaturalist.org/calendar/lincolndurey/2018/7/28
Burrowing in to the stock of a Pale Indian Plantain (Arnoglossum atriplicifolium)
Mating pair on dead plant stem near daisy fleabane patch at Forever Fields Land and Water Reserve.
No real hope of ID, I just posted this one to entertain you. :-) Candidate for the Most Pollen on a Bee Award. ;-)
Flower unknown, growing in lawn
Could never figure out why my wall fountain was always plugged with sand!
Dozens of these in a large sandy area flying close to the ground. The area was scattered with holes in the sand, both level with the ground and in cones. Appeared they could have recently emerged from these borrows.
Dead on ground. In process of mating. Being eaten by ants. That’s A First for me!
On astilbe in garden. Seems to have an injury on back, but is normally active. Has unusual yellow hairs on abdomen.
On a dandelion in a grassy area on the edge of a small town. The surrounding area is very diverse.
On Monarda fistulosa.
Exhibiting nest-searching behavior: flying low in vegetation, crawling around on ground. Briefly appeared to be feeding from Glechoma flowers.
Thinking griseocollis. Another observation of this bee: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/51496633
LEFT BEE
For the unfortunately out of focus thing attacking the ant.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/51432677#activity_identification_113850970
On sunflower. I can’t find any bumble bees that are known to be in Alberta to have this colouration. The closest one in Alberta would be Bombus insularis, however, this bumble bee looks very similar to Bombus variabilis!
This bumble bee has rusty coloring, could someone help confirm whether it is a rusty patched bumble bee?
Sleeping leafcutting bee which has left its best in a cultivated Dara flowering carrot