Longhorn Bee

World Bee Day 2022

By |May 20th, 2022|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Great Basin Bumble Bees, Long-horned Bees, Midges, Utah, Wildflowers|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

May 20th is World Bee Day and I am sharing a photo of two native bees this morning. The Great Basin Bumble Bee and the Long-horned Bee. Native bees are important pollinators.

Common Sunflower, Great Basin Bumble Bee And Long-horned Bee At Bear River MBR

By |August 21st, 2020|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Great Basin Bumble Bees, Long-horned Bees, Utah, Wildflowers|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

When I photographed this Common Sunflower I noticed the Great Basin Bumble Bee right away then I saw the other bee and what appears to be two midges on the upper left quadrant of the flower petals.

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