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Polychrome bee packing purple pollen - Calliopsis barbata
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Polychrome bee packing purple pollen - Calliopsis barbata
Claremont, Los Angeles County, California, USA
April 28, 2014
This small bee with a multicolored abdomen was collecting pollen on Distant Phacelia (Phacelia distans) at the Claremont Colleges' Bernard Field Station. Might it be Calliopsis barbata?

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Contributed by nvhamlett@gmail.com on 5 May, 2014 - 12:23am
Last updated 5 May, 2014 - 7:14pm

Oh, that's very nice!
So distinct, remember seeing it at BFS, also Eaton Canyon. Neat how they pack pollen into an agglutinated mass.
… Hartmut Wisch, 5 May, 2014 - 10:11pm

Moved
Moved from Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps.
… John S. Ascher, 5 May, 2014 - 7:14pm

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