photograph by Greg Morgan                                         photograph by Greg Morgan

Bee Wolf (Philanthus trianguum) Nests provisioned with beetles and weevils in multi celled nests in bare soil. They also capture honey bees at flowers.

Solitary bee (Amegilla atrocincta) This solitary bee female constructs burrows in clay soils or in wood with a long entrance tunnel. They are also very fast flyers, darting from plant to plant. They sleep and rest by holding onto plant stems with their jaws, photo to the right. 

Carpenter bee (Xylocopa nigrita) Large all black bee. Carpenter bees feed their young a mixture of pollen and nectar in nest burrows either in wood or in the ground.

photograph by Greg Morgan                                                       photograph by Greg Morgan

Carpenter bee (Xylocopa nigrita)                          Closeup of the tongue.

Carpenter bee (Xylocopa caffra) a female,     A male patolling his territory
on a (buddeleja salviifolia) tree in blossom.

Carpenter bee (Xylocopa caffra) a juvenile in Nov 2006.