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grays.art
Western leafcutter bee
on perennial cornflower

(Megachile perihirta
on Centaurea montana)

September visiting Eureka, California

#stunday #macro #photography #nativeBees #pollinators #native #bees #wildflowers #flowers #pnw #megachile #leafcutterBees
April 6, 2025 at 8:02 AM
grays.art
Leafcutter bee / butterfly milkweed (Megachilidae)

July in Chicago

#Megachilidae #leafcutter #leafcutterbees #bees #milkweed #gardens #gardening #westRidge #westRidgeNaturePark #chicago #macro #photography #orange #bugs #insects #arthropods #nature #pollinators #macroPhotography 🐝
January 4, 2025 at 5:38 PM
corysheffield.bsky.social
What a beautiful bee the female of Megachile pugnata Say is. #bees #leafcutterbees #Hymenoptera #beesofcanada
August 3, 2025 at 11:11 PM
grays.art
Woolly Wall Bee
(Megachile lanata)

on

Showy rattlebox leaves
(Showy Rattlebox)

Bonita Nature Place
Bonita Springs, Florida
11-6-25

#AnimalArtTuesday #eastcoastkin #bugsky #florid #native #bees #pollinators #nature #megachile #nativeBees #macro #photography #macroPhotography #leafcutterbees #art
Medium-sized, robust bee, with a hairy, yellowish-brown, and white appearance.
November 18, 2025 at 5:24 AM
grays.art
Leaf-cutter cuckoo bee (Coelioxys) on prairie groundsel May 2024 while walking the pathways around Chicago’s Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum.

#PeggyNotebaert #NatureMuseum #CuckooBees #SolitaryBees #NativeBees #bees #photography #pollinators #Coelioxys #macroPhotography #leafcutterBees #nature 🐝 💐🌼
December 1, 2024 at 5:02 PM
thebeeguy.bsky.social
#theBeeAt3

Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

# 122

Plastic has become so ubiquitous in the planet’s #environment that #leafcutterbees have been observed using discarded #plastic instead of leaves in the construction of their nests.
This is not positive evolution.
#bees
#nature
#science
🐝🌍
May 26, 2025 at 9:23 AM
thebeeguy.bsky.social
#theBeeAt3

Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

# 123
# 122 contd.
Research during the 1970’s found that #leafcutterbees nesting in plastic straws resulted in a mortality rate of 90% for offspring.
#plastic isn’t breathable, seals in moisture and promotes fungal growth.
#bees
#nature
#insects
🌍🐝
May 27, 2025 at 6:45 PM
edwardnathan.bsky.social
the #leafcutterbees are here! #megachilidae #bee #pnwbee #nativebee #solitarybee #beegarden #pollinatorgarden #bees #savethebees #localbees #pnwgardening #mygarden #gardenbiodiversity
August 9, 2026 at 11:36 PM
cohanf.bsky.social
Native #bees of - various kinds of #BumbleBees #LeafcutterBees etc love the several species of Saussurea /Sawwort that I've grown (like they love most #Composites) here they are enjoying Saussurea riederi, an East Asian species #BugSky #inverts #FlowerReport #Alberta 🌱🌿🐝
August 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM
corysheffield.bsky.social
I love this photo, and was lucky to find a male Megachile perihirta sleeping in a flower of a very similar colour. The bee and the flower are very beautiful! #flowers #beesofcanada #flowerpower #colours #sleepingbees #leafcutterbees #macrophotography #photography
January 15, 2025 at 3:58 AM
anaturejournal.bsky.social
Some leafcutter bee activity on Eastern Redbud saplings. Looks like someone used a hole punch! They roll up pieces of leaves to line their nests. Nests are built in cavities found in rotten wood, hollow stems of plants, or holes in solid wood. Fascinating little pollinators! #leafcutterbees
Leafcutter bee activity on Eastern Redbud saplings. There are circular cut outs on the edges of the leaves that resemble large hole punch cutouts. nativebees wildlifegarden pollinators
May 29, 2025 at 11:23 AM
macromke.bsky.social
Little Leaf cutter bee (Megachile sp.) foraging White Wild Indigo (Baptisia alba).

Milwaukee, WI

#leafcutterbees #beesofbluesky #MilwaukeeWildlife #Macrophotography
June 25, 2025 at 8:47 PM
whoa-magic.lol
Native Bees: The Best #Pollinators for Your #Garden

www.almanac.com/native-bees-...

#SolitaryBees #MasonBees #LeafcutterBees #Bees #Gardening
Native Bees: The Best Pollinators for Your Garden
Learn about native bee species, such as mason bees, who are some of the best pollinators around.
www.almanac.com
April 12, 2025 at 10:16 PM
tillingtonchum.bsky.social
It’s a dull day with a chilly breeze, but the sight of this makes me happy.
#LeafcutterBees
July 3, 2024 at 10:57 AM
whoa-magic.lol
Tips for Building #Bee Houses for Native #SolitaryBees | Old Farmers' Almanac

www.almanac.com/bee-houses-n...

#MasonBees #LeafcutterBees #DIY
Tips for Building Bee Houses for Native Solitary Bees
Learn how to maintain a backyard bee house (bee hotel) for native, solitary bees—like mason bees—which can improve your garden's crop and flower yields significantly.
www.almanac.com
April 12, 2025 at 10:00 AM
crown-bees.bsky.social
Just landed on Bluesky! 🌿🐝 We're here to spread the buzz about supporting native bees and sustainable practices. Let’s work together for thriving gardens and a balanced, nature-friendly world! 🌎💚

#NativeBees #MasonBees #LeafcutterBees #SaveTheBees
November 15, 2024 at 7:11 PM
msjessegray.bsky.social
These ladies never seem to catch a break

Female Leafcutter ambushed by male Leafcutter hoping to create some
baby Leafcutters

Megachile on Helianthus maximilliani

#dailybee #bcnativebees #pollinators #nativebees #leafcutterbees #nanaimo #urbangardening
September 6, 2025 at 6:05 AM
ainhoamagrach.bsky.social
We’ve got baby Megachile! 🐝💚 Tiny leafcutter bees are busy building their leafy cradles – nature’s little architects at work. #Pollinators #LeafcutterBees #Biodiversity @sarelab.bsky.social
October 4, 2025 at 9:32 AM
whoa-magic.lol
The Solitary Bees — No Hives!

youtu.be/hGhyZRY2KFc?...

#Bees #SolitaryBees #MasonBees #LeafcutterBees #Pollinators #Gardening
The Solitary Bees
YouTube video by Team Candiru
youtu.be
April 12, 2025 at 3:58 AM
stephenbarten.bsky.social
Broad-handed Leafcutter Bee
Broad-handed due to the wide front legs on the male (note the big eyes too)
Leafcutter because they cut circular pieces of leaf to line their nests.
#boradhandedleafcutterbee #leafcutterbees #bees
July 25, 2026 at 11:31 PM
tomfitzsimons75.bsky.social
Love seeing evidence of leaf cutter bees hard at work in the garden #leafcutterbees
September 20, 2025 at 1:20 PM
corysheffield.bsky.social
Though they are not unexpected, it is nice to confirm the presence of Megachile casadae and Megachile anograe from Saskatchewan - both known from Alberta. #beesofcanada #leafcutterbees #prairiebees
March 31, 2025 at 9:58 PM
edwardnathan.bsky.social
I haven't actually seen them but the #leafcutterbees are letting me know they're back. #beegarden #redbud #sunsetredbud #bees #gardenbiodiversity #zerograss #floweringtree #beeheaven #allbeeswelcome #beefriendly #savethebees #mygarden #gardening #gardenfeed #beefeed
July 21, 2026 at 10:01 PM
grays.art
Cuckoo leaf cutter bee (Coelioxys) / New England aster flower

From Montrose Point bird sanctuary here in Chicago, on a warm day in October this year.

Happy Friday! 🐝

#nativeBees #cuckooBees #Coelioxys #nature #chicago #bees #leafcutterBees #photography #macro #gardens #gardening #wildLife
Lateral view of Black, gray, brown and white bee stretching from its sharp tail in the lower right hand corner, diagonally across the frame to the antennae in the upper left hand corner, light purple aster petals starting in left bottom corner foreground, wrap behind the bee to the right bottom corner, bee sits on a bed of the yellow aster anthers. Bee wings stretch up to the upper right hand corner of the photo.
December 13, 2024 at 5:45 PM
msjessegray.bsky.social
Bee season is waning

Leafcutter lady/ Megachile fidelis on Grindelia doing the patented BBL (bee butt lift)

She’s putting that wasp waist to good use

#dailybee #bcnativebees #leafcutterbees #nativebees #nanaimo #vancouverisland #pollinators
A bee is in the centre of a bright yellow gumweed flower, collecting pollen. Her face is in shadow but her abdomen is pointed almost 90 degrees up from the rest of her body, with stripes of pale hair catching the sunlight
September 19, 2025 at 6:08 AM