I am an augochloropsis sumptuosa, which is a type of sweat bee. Bees are not just yellow and black or brown! They are blue, green, purple, iridescent, and even white.
Sam Droege | USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab
I am a two-spotted bumblebee from Virginia. Like most bumblebees, I am quite a bit larger than a honeybee. This makes me a very efficient pollinator.
Sam Droege | USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab
Although I am blue, like the sweat bee in the first photo, I am not a bee. I am a perilampidae wasp found in Maryland.
Sam Droege | USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab
I am a yellow jacket that was found in Maryland.
Sam Droege | USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab
I am a thyreus white bee, or a cuckoo bee, from Ethiopia.
Sam Droege | USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab
I am a melissodes tinctus, or a Long-horn bee, found in Florida. I am, unfortunately, rarely seen any more.
Greta Forbes | USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab