r/bees

It was birthday yesterday and I walked around this beautiful garden and was just mesmerized by all the hard working bees! One of the best way to spend my birthday

😭 so sad seeing this. not sure what’s happening

Shot this at Buffalo Park in Flag

Dug out a rose bush, and these guys were in a hole underneath. Are they going to be killed by mowing and watering, or will they move on now?

there are a ton of [sweat bees](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halictidae). yes they’re coming to me personally but also in the mud and on wet cardboard on this jobsite i’m working at. is it possible there is salt & other nutrients they’re attracted to in the rain water? should i post this on r/science instead?

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I have native plants everywhere. But I grow these orange cosmos as well. Now that the weather is cooling at night, the bees seem to absolutely love sleeping in these cosmos. They tuck themselves in between the petals until the sun warms and then they go on their way.

Does this happen with other plants. I wonder why specifically. They love these cosmos so much

Carpenter bee on allium

So much pollen on their little bodies!!

I took some photos of this lady in my mom's garden this morning. Google says it's a golden northern bumblebee, but we live in Arkansas which seems to be out of their natural range.

I've never seen one like this before. Maybe she's just here because of climate change and her habitat getting destroyed? Or maybe Google is completely wrong?

To me it looks like an ashy mining bee but there is no records of them being outside of Europe.

Hey guys! I just joined this sub. I don’t know a whole lot about bees but macro photography is a hobby of mine and I’ve taken quite a few bee pictures over the last couple years. They’re so cool to look at!