Zonamegilla

one of our native bee species. I also picked my first eggplant from this bush yesterday. thank you for the lovely and thoughtful comments here, every one is appreciated.

[Taffy]

So cool -- I've never seen one in this color combination before. Well captured.

[Paul]

Wow - how unusual (for us at least) He's a lovely color 😊

[Beryl Lloyd]

Certainly not seen one of these before - the combination of colours are beautiful !

[sally agnew]

I love these solitary little bees, they have a very distinctive buzzzzzzzz :)

[Joanna kate]

Never seen this bee so close, such vibrant colours, fav

[Denise Wood]

Great capture :)

[Pyrrhula]

A great close up of this beautiful flower and the hard working bee.

[gloria jones]

Wow...Great close up of this unusual bee...I've never seen a bee with those colors.

[Karly]

He's so pretty - looks like he is wearing a costume!

[Harry J Benson]

great capture, good detail and focus

[Rick]

Great shot. Sure colored differently than what we have over here.

[Valerie Chesney]

Isn't he colorful, great capture...

[Carole G]

wow, what a fantastic looking bee

[Peter Grave]

Nice shot.Have not seen this variety.

[Fr1da]

Ive never seen a bee with a blue stripped body ! wow !

[Rachel]

I love the blue banded bee - such a noisy and happy sounding bee. I wish there were more of them.

[Sue Cooper]

Awesome bee. Amazing colours.

[tony gig]

Great timing and shot...fav