Insect and Spider Identification: What type of bee is this?, 1 by kmom246

kmom246 wrote:
At first I thought it was a standard honey bee or maybe a blue striped bee, but they hold their wings differently than the photos I've seen of them. They are flocking to my sunflowers right now. The stripes are more of a blue color than a black or brown color. They are active early in the morning. They sometimes look like they drink water off of the plants if I water in the morning (we live in the desert - lots of things will drink water if they find it that may not in other places, I think). There are lots of them and they do not seem to mind being around others of their kind.

Thanks in advance! Karla