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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees » Leafcutter, Mason, and Resin Bees, and allies (Megachilidae) » Leafcutter, Resin, Mortar, Sharptail, Mason, and Woolcarder bees and relatives (Megachilinae) » Mason bees and relatives (Osmiini) » Mason Bees (Osmia) » Subgenus Diceratosmia (Osmia Subgenus Diceratosmia) » Osmia subfasciata
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blue orchard bee (Osmia lignaria) - Osmia subfasciata
Copyright © 2021 Rita Venable

blue orchard bee (Osmia lignaria) - Osmia subfasciata
Franklin, Williamson County, Tennessee, USA
April 20, 2021
Size: smaller than a honeybee
Yesterday, April 20 about 3:00 p.m., I saw this bee and another one going in and out of this old log in a cleared area. One bee went inside the rotting limb hole and disappeared for a minute. The other one (shown in the photo here) looked like it was perching in a territorial spot at the end of a log that overlooked the rotting limb hole. I think it might be a blue orchard bee (Osmia lignaria), but I am not sure and would appreciate a confirmation. It was about 70 deg F and the wind was 5-7 mph. The cloud cover was about 25%. [Williamson Co., TN]
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Contributed by Rita Venable on 21 April, 2021 - 3:42pm
Last updated 18 May, 2021 - 11:12pm

Thanks so much, John, for the
Thanks so much, John, for the ID! I figured it was Osmia, but wondered about the color. This clears it up.

Rita Venable
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