Blue orchard bees are about the same size as a honeybee but there are a few key points that help you tell them apart. Blue orchard bees are a dark metallic blue, not striped brown and orange like the honeybee.

2020年5月25日 · A metallic blue bee that you see in Florida is most likely a sweat bee, another mason bee, or a carpenter bee. But all of these bees are important in our ecosystems as pollinators for both wild plants and crop plants. So even if it’s not the blue calamintha, you have spotted a beautiful and valuable insect!

2020年6月24日 · “This bee is a metallic blue, grabs the flower it is visiting, and bobs its head rapidly, collecting excessive amounts of pollen on its face,” says Dr. Chase Kimmel, a researcher at the Florida Museum of Natural History in Gainesville. Unlike hive builders like the honeybee, the blue calamintha is solitary and nests alone.

Osmia lignaria, commonly known as the orchard mason bee or blue orchard bee, [1] is a megachilid bee that makes nests in natural holes and reeds, creating individual cells for its brood that are separated by mud dividers.

A new species of metallic blue bee, found so far in Texas and Oklahoma, was recently discovered by researchers.

2020年5月20日 · LAKE WALES, Fla. - Researchers in Florida have rediscovered an “ultra-rare” metallic blue bee that hadn’t been spotted in years – so long that experts weren’t sure it still existed. The Naples Daily News reports Florida Museum of Natural History researcher Chase Kimmel found a blue calamintha bee on March 9.

2020年12月23日 · 3. Blue-banded Bee or Metallic Blue Bee (Amegilla Cingulate) Blue-banded bee (Amegilla cingulata) on a long tube of sea holly flower (Acanthus ilicifolius). Photo: Chiswick Chap. Native to Australia, the blue-banded bee is known for its blue metallic and black-striped body. They are incredibly important when it comes to food production in ...

2020年5月18日 · It's a unique insect for a number of reasons, including how it collects pollen on its face with help from unusual facial hairs, it relies on a threatened flowering plant and is found primarily on...

A fuzzy blue creature discovered in Texas flies, digs and does handstands, and it’s been identified as a new species, researchers said in a recent study.

2024年12月5日 · A new “sparkly blue” bee species has been discovered in Texas and Oklahoma, dazzling scientists not only with its color but its significance. The insect is shiny and its coloring ranges from a metallic dark blue to a blue-green, according to a study on the new species published in the Ecology and Evolution journal in November.