Metallic Green Bee

Description:

Metallic Green Bees are in the Sweat Bee family (Halictidae). They are small but an awesome sight nonetheless. They are considered to be generalist pollinators because they visit a wide variety of flowers and do not discriminate among specific plant species. These bees use a technique called buzz pollination. The bee places the anther (the pollen bearing structure of the flower) in its jaw and vibrates each flower with its flight muscles, releasing the pollen.

Habitat:

Spotted on Pink Tickseed (Coreopsis rosea ‘Heaven’s Gate’)

Notes:

Male