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Small Megachilid bee (subgenus Eutricharaea)? - Megachile
Copyright © 2017 Selwyn Quan

Small Megachilid bee (subgenus Eutricharaea)? - Megachile
Mountain View/Shoreline Park, Santa Clara County, California, USA
October 15, 2017
Size: 6

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Small Megachilid bee (subgenus Eutricharaea)? - Megachile Small Megachilid bee (subgenus Eutricharaea)? - Megachile
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Contributed by Selwyn Quan on 17 October, 2017 - 1:32pm
Last updated 18 October, 2017 - 8:20pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John S. Ascher, 18 October, 2017 - 8:20pm login or register to post comments

Megachilidae
Likely Megachile. I'm not very good with Bees, so I can be wrong
… Sequoia Wrens, 17 October, 2017 - 5:59pm login or register to post comments

Photograph..
Is very exquisite!
BEAUTIFUL!!!
… Bkripto, 17 October, 2017 - 2:51pm login or register to post comments

ID of Bee…
Western Honeybee.
The most Docile & productive. PLEASE PROTECT THIS BENEFICIAL BEE!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_honey_bee
… Bkripto, 17 October, 2017 - 2:45pm login or register to post comments

 
No
A-Apis melifera (Western Honey Bee) is not native to North America and is only beneficial because it pollinates plants that native bees can't. Those plants are also not native
B-This is not an Apis melifera
C-They are quite aggressive, especially the Africanized ones
… Sequoia Wrens, 17 October, 2017 - 5:57pm login or register to post comments

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