June 12, 2023

I am a female Poey's Furrow Bee

I don't carry pollen neatly like the honey bee

I have long dense hairs on my hind legs

That the pollen sticks to, no Lady Shick for me!

Location: St. Sebastian Preserve State Park, Visitor's Center

Sources: https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/IN897

Photo and text © 2022 Dee Fairbanks Simpson