Summary[edit] Description: English: Interior view of a Euglossa hyacinthina nest nearly completed, after about 3 working days. Date: 14 November 2012, 22:05:06. Source: Wcislo D, Vargas G, Ihle K, Wcislo W (2012) Nest construction behavior by the orchid bee Euglossa hyacinthina. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 29: 15-20. doi:10.3897/jhr.29.4067. Author: Wcislo D, Vargas G, Ihle K, Wcislo W (2012).
Summary[edit] Description: English: A female Euglossa hyacinthina shaping resin along the rim of the growing nest envelope. Date: 14 November 2012, 22:05:06. Source: Wcislo D, Vargas G, Ihle K, Wcislo W (2012) Nest construction behavior by the orchid bee Euglossa hyacinthina. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 29: 15-20. doi:10.3897/jhr.29.4067. Author: Wcislo D, Vargas G, Ihle K, Wcislo W (2012).
Description: I visited the Green Orchid Bees again and found this one perched upon a firebush flower, using it's long proboscis to drink nectar. Euglossa viridissima is a fairly recently introduced non-native species from Mexico & Central America. Today some appeared deep emerald green and others yellow-green. They hover a lot and are loud & enthusiastic buzzers! Males collect and store fragrance from flowers (mostly esters) to use later in courtship rituals. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euglossini (I will give equal time to the little blue-green metallic native Halictid bees that were also there. They are tiny and actually disappear into the firebush flowers to pollinate them!). Date: 20 October 2011, 10:23. Source: Green Orchid Bee (now classified as Euglossa dilemma) Uploaded by Jacopo Werther. Author: Bob Peterson from North Palm Beach, Florida, Planet Earth!. Camera location26° 51′ 38.23″ N, 80° 04′ 25.48″ WView all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 26.860619; -80.073745.
Summary[edit] Description: English: Dilemma Orchid Bee - Euglossa dilemma, Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Key Largo, Florida. It's an invasive, but a very pretty one. Date: 7 December 2014, 01:06:52. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/52450054@N04/15377413813/. Author: Judy Gallagher.