Spring has arrived in Arizona.
The wildflowers are blooming.
The bees are flying.
Bees and flowers are made for each other,
like this halictid sweat bee in a desert marigold,
and this carpenter bee face first in a desert mallow flower.
Yes, spring is in the air.
Shiny green bees like this are called sweat bees, family Halictidae.
For more extensive information about the sweat bee life cycle.
March is a wonderful month for bee watching in the Sonoran Desert.
Seems like every flower has a bee visiting.
Sweat bees seem to like the lemon blossoms.
Penstemons appeal to digger bees.
Fiddleneck (Amsinckia intermedia) is also a favorite.
No, that isn’t a bee. Flies like fiddleneck, too.
All these photographs were taken within a half hour in our back yard. The bees are very busy!
Do you have bees flying where you live?
For more information, see Roberta Gibson Writes.
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