A nest of a Typical Mason Wasps (Genus Eumenes). Raleigh, North Carolina.
Close up of a Brown-belted bumblebee (Bombus griseocollis) on pink milkweed blooms. Raleigh, North Carolina.
A species of Ichneumon Wasp, Coleocentrus rufus, grooms on a piece of wood. Raleigh, North Carolina.
A male Eastern Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa virginica) patiently waits for the sun to dry him out while he rests on a cluster of lantana blooms. Raleigh, NC.
Two-spotted Scoliid Wasp (Scolia dubia) patiently waits to dry out on the goldenrod blooms. Raleigh, North Carolina.
Two-spotted Scoliid Wasp (Scolia dubia) pollinates the goldenrod blooms. Raleigh, North Carolina.
A rain-soaked male Eastern Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa virginica) patiently waits to dry out. Raleigh, North Carolina.
A male Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa virginica) paitiently waits for the sunshine to dry all the dew droplets. Raleigh, North Carolina.
A Great Golden Digger Wasp (Sphex ichneumoneus) pollinates blooms of swamp milkweed. Raleigh, North Carolina.
A Western Honeybee (Apis mellifera) hard at work, pollinating blooms. Raleigh, North Carolina. Room for text.
Clear view of a pollen sac on the hind leg of a Western Honeybee (Apis mellifera). Raleigh, North Carolina.
The American Bumblebee (Bombus pensylvanicus) is a threatened native species. Garner, North Carolina
Close up of an American Bumblebee (Bombus pensylvanicus), a threatened native species. Garner, North Carolina
Two-spotted Scoliid Wasp (Scolia dubia ssp. dubia) hard a work searching for nectar.
A Western Honeybee (Apis mellifera) busy pollinating a pink bloom. Raleigh, North Carolina.
A pair of thread-waisted wasps (Eremnophila aureonotata) performing some summertime copulation. Raleigh, North Carolina.
Closeup of Western honeybees bearding outside the hive to keep cool during the heat of summer. Raleigh, North Carolina.
Western honeybees are bearding outside the hive to keep cool during the heat of summer. Raleigh, North Carolina.
An Eastern Carpenter Bee works hard to pollinate a Purple Passionflower.
Closeup of an Eastern Carpenter Bee working hard to pollinate a Purple Passionflower.
A Double-banded Scoliid Wasp (Scolia bicincta) works on pollinating summertime blooms. Raleigh, North Carolina.
