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Metallic Green Sweat Bee

Photo by skeiescapes
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Description:

Small bee found in one of my flower beds. They started out with a small hole and eventually built a little hill similar to an ant hill. I've seen many of them recently on my fall flowers.

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Comments (3)
KarenSaxton
My mom has them in her garden, but I've never seen a nest
LuckyLogan
Hey skeiescapes! Feel free to add your pictures from Iowa to my mission for Iowa Biodiversity http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/21496237

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Iowan Biodiversity
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National Geographic's Great Nature Project
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PublishedSeptember 24, 2014

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