Posts Tagged: Agapostemon texanus
No Sweat Being Green
Beekeepers describe their honey bees as "my girls" or "my beautiful girls." It's a term of...
Male sweat bee, Agapostemon texanus, on purple coneflower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Note the metallic green head and thorax of a male sweat bee, Agapostemon texanus. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Spotted cucumber beetle (a pest) and male sweat bee, Agapostemon texanus, sharing a purple coneflower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Wearing of the Green
It's St. Patrick's Day tomorrow and time for "The Wearing of the Green." "The Wearing of the...
Male green sweat bee, Agapostemon texanus, nectaring on a seaside daisy, Erigeron glaucus Wayne Roderick at Tomales Bay. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of metallic green sweat bee, a male. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Female metallic green sweat bee, Agapostemon texanus, at the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven on Bee Biology Road, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Something Quite Magical
There's something so magical and captivating about the metallic green sweat bee.Shouldn't it be...
Green Metallic Sweat Bee
Going Up
The Eyes Have It
Color It Metallic Green
The green metallic sweat bee looks as if someone splashed green fluorescent paint on it.This...
Green Metallic Sweat Bee
In Flight