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Bees & Blooms

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Allegheny Blackberry
Rubus allegheniensis

Pure Green Metallic Sweat Bee
Augochlora pura

Mason Bee
Osmia

Mining Bee
Andrena

MAY

Prairie Alumroot
Heuchera richardsoni

Green Sweat Bee
Augochlorella aurata

Cellophane Bee
Colletes andrewsi

Small Sweat Bee
Lasioglossum (Dialictus)

Large Beardtongue
Penstemon grandiflorus

Black and Gold Bumble Bee
Bombus auricomus

Brown-belted Bumble Bee
Bombus griseocollis

Common Eastern Bumble Bee
Bombus impatiens

Wild Raspberry
Rubus

Lemon Cuckoo Bumble Bee
Bombus citrinus

Blood Bee
Sphecodes

Mining Bee
Andrena (Melandrena)

Western Poison Ivy
Toxicodendron rydbergii

Metallic Green Sweat Bee
Augochloropsis

Masked Bee
Hylaeus

Small Sweat Bee
Lasioglossum vierecki

American Gromwell
Lithospermum latifolium

Metallic Green Sweat Bee
Augochloropsis

Mason Bee
Osmia

Green Sweat Bee
Augochlorella aurata

Philadelphia Fleabane
Erigeron philadelphicus

Small Mason Bee
Hoplitis pilosifrons

Green Sweat Bee
Augochlorella aurata

Ligated Sweat Bee
Halictus ligatus

Carolina Puccoon
Lithospermum caroliniense

Green Sweat Bee
Augochlorella aurata

Black and Gold Bumble Bee
Bombus auricomus

Common Eastern Bumble Bee
Bombus impatiens

Wild Lupine
Lupinus perennis

Brown-belted Bumble Bee
Bombus griseocollis

Golden Northern Bumble Bee
Bombus fervidus

Common Eastern Bumble Bee
Bombus impatiens

Prairie Blue-eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium campestre

Green Sweat Bee
Augochlorella aurata

Hispid Buttercup
Ranunculus hispidus

Small Sweat Bee
Lasioglossum (Dialictus)

Long-styled Sweet Cicely
Osmorhiza longistylis

Mining Bee
Andrena nasonii

Pure Green Metallic Sweat Bee
Augochlora pura

Small Sweat Bee
Lasioglossum (Dialictus)

Golden Alexander
Zizia aurea

Green Sweat Bee
Augochlorella aurata

Golden Alexander Mining Bee
Andrena ziziae

Small Sweat Bee
Lasioglossum vierecki

Wild Strawberry
Fragaria virginiana

Mason Bee
Osmia pumila

Mason Bee
Osmia pumila

Small Sweat Bee
Lasioglossum (Hemihalictus)

Field Pussytoes
Antennaria neglecta

Green Sweat Bee
Augochlorella aurata

Ligated Sweat Bee
Halictus ligatus

Mining Bee
Andrena

Wild Geranium
Geranium maculatum

Two-spotted Bumble Bee
Bombus bimaculatus

Mock Orange Scissor Bee
Chelostoma philadelphi

Orchard Mason Bee
Osmia lignaria

Large-Flowered Bellwort
Uvularia grandiflora

Two-spotted Bumble Bee
Bombus bimaculatus

Small Sweat Bee
Lasioglossum (Dialictus)

Dunning's Mining Bee
Andrena dunningi

Virginia Spring Beauty
Claytonia virginica

Spring Beauty Mining Bee
Andrena erigeniae

Sweat Bee
Halictus

Small Carpenter Bee
Ceratina

Missouri Gooseberry
Ribes missouriense

Two-spotted Bumble Bee
Bombus bimaculatus

Cuckoo Bee
Nomada

Orchard Mason Bee
Osmia lignaria

APRIL

American Plum
Prunus americana

Two-spotted Bumble Bee
Bombus bimaculatus

Metallic Green Sweat Bee
Augochloropsis

Mining Bee
Andrena (Melandrena)

Pussy Willow
Salix discolor

Cuckoo Bee
Nomada

Unequal Cellophane Bee
Colletes inaequalis

Mining Bee
Andrena mariae

Red Maple
Acer rubrum

Orchard Mason Bee
Osmia lignaria

Unequal Cellophane Bee
Colletes inaequalis

Small Sweat Bee
Lasioglossum coeruleum

PRAIRIE

PLANT HABITAT

WOODLAND

WETLAND

FOREST

APRIL

MAY

JUNE

JULY

AUGUST

SEPTEMBER

OCTOBER

Page Photography Credits

Heather Holm

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