Bees of Mount Adams Country

This honeybee was seen on western mountain
aster (Symphyotrichum spathulatum var. spathulatum) at Willard
Springs Trail in Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge........July
28, 2006.
Bumble Bees: Bombus sp.
Golden Northern Bumblebee: Bombus fervidus
Honey Bees:
Velvet Ant, Cow Killer: Dasymutilla coccineohirta -
Unidentified Wasp #1?
Unidentified Wasp #2 dragging a caterpillar into a hole