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davefrance Gramat, France Jul 15, 2014

I know bees collect pollen on their body and then put it into "leg bags" - corbiculae but I have never seen anything like this before, surely it must be pollen? Non of the other bees looked anything like this, just a few sprinkles on body and legs. Anyone like to comment?

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Jul 15, 2014

This is a leaf-cutter bee in the family Megachilidae - they collect pollen on the hairs on the underside of their abdomen rather than on their legs...

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kittriana Magnolia, TX(Zone 9a) Jul 15, 2014

Lightning bug honeybee!
Bees make honeycomb from glands on their abdomen- am not where I can find support pix, but could that bee what you are seeing?

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davefrance Gramat, France Jul 15, 2014

Thanks Flapdoodle for ID and explanation. Thanks also Kittriana for your response.

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BajaBlue Rancho Santa Rita, TX(Zone 8a) Jul 15, 2014

Great fotos, I hope you post them on Bug Files

http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/b/Hymenoptera/Megachilidae/none/none/genus/0/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megachilidae

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kittriana Magnolia, TX(Zone 9a) Jul 15, 2014

Yes! Plz post in bugfiles!

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