The Orange-banded Sweat Bee is a small bee with a metallic green head and thorax and orange-banded abdomen, often seen on flowers or attracted to perspiration for salts. Unlike most halictid bees, it shows variable social behavior — some populations are solitary while others form small semi-social colonies. It is an important pollinator of many wildflowers and crops.
Habitat
Gardens, fields, meadows, and disturbed areas
Diet
Adults: pollen and nectar. Larvae: pollen provisions
How common
Common
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