A Pictorial Guide to Bees
of the
Humboldt Bay Dunes
by Susan E. Nyoka
Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge
RELEASE 1.0 - July 2004
of the
Humboldt Bay Dunes
by Susan E. Nyoka
Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge
RELEASE 1.0 - July 2004
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A Pictorial Guide to Bees
of the Humboldt Bay Dunes by Susan E. Nyoka Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge RELEASE 1.0 - July 2004 |
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Home How to Recognize a Bee
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Common Name: mining bee Scientific Name: Colletes hyalinus oregonensis Flight season: June-September Recognition characters: Mid-sized (10 mm), slender; dense gray pile on head and thorax, abdomen black with bands of short white pile; females carry pollen in scopae (brushes of specialized hair) located on the hind legs; easily disturbed.
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Nest sites: Aggregations of several nests can be found in biotic soil crusts, (dense mats of moss and lichen coalesced over sand), or small patches of open sand consolidated by plant roots.
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Preferred flowers:
 beach buckwheat (Eriogonum latifolium)  European sea rocket (Cakile maritima) |
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