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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 » Sweat, Furrow, Nomiine, and Short-faced Bees (Halictidae) » Sweat and Furrow Bees (Halictinae) » Halictini » Striped Sweat Bees (Agapostemon) » Subgenus Agapostemon (Agapostemon Subgenus Agapostemon)
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Blue bee, orange pollen, on chicory - Agapostemon
Copyright © 2021 Bob OBrien

Blue bee, orange pollen, on chicory - Agapostemon
15 miles west of Dufur on Dufur Valley Road, Wasco County, Oregon, USA
May 26, 2021
Size: ~3mm
Chicory identification appears to be verified by pollen color here:
https://pixels.com/featured/1-chicory-pollen-grain-steve-gschmeissner.html
Hope this is clear enough for a Bee ID

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Blue bee, orange pollen, on chicory - Agapostemon Blue bee, orange pollen, on chicorfy(?) - Agapostemon
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Contributed by Bob OBrien on 7 July, 2021 - 11:45pm
Last updated 20 July, 2023 - 7:14pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John S. Ascher, 8 July, 2021 - 9:22pm login or register to post comments

I'm guessing...
Family Halictidae - Sweat, Furrow, Nomiine, and Shortface Bees; and, possibly even

Tribe Augochlorini - Augochlorine Green-Sweat Bees and relatives

And yes, that's chicory (Cichorium intybus) it's on. Those bright blue flowers are unmistakable.
… Kurt Foster, 8 July, 2021 - 7:02am login or register to post comments

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