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Halictid Bee or Sweat Bee

Description:

A dull olive green bee with orange legs of the Family Halictidae.

Habitat:

Abandoned field, semi-urban area on the outskirts of the city, 2,200 meters.

Notes:

Most halictid bees are solitary and create underground nests for their offspring. However, halictid bees are especially interesting to biologists because many species have evolved to live in social colonies recently in evolutionary history. Closely related halictid bee species are known to be social in one habitat and solitary in another. These patterns can help biologists study the origins of social behavior among insects. Some Kentucky halictid bee species show intermediate social behavior: several individual bees create nests near one another but do not work together.

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2 Comments

LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 11 years ago

Thank you Maria, I was photographing 2 different individuals of 2 different species and didn't even know it until I looked at the pictures, because the sun was so bright and they were the same size! I was amazed.

Maria dB
Maria dB 11 years ago

Very nice spotting!

LaurenZarate
Spotted by
LaurenZarate

Chiapas, Mexico

Spotted on Dec 27, 2012
Submitted on Dec 28, 2012

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