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Diggers, Bumbles, Longhorn, and Nomad Bees
Black-tailed Bumble Bee

Black-tailed Bumble Bee

Bombus melanopygus

January - July (rarely as early as December)

California Bumble Bee

California Bumble Bee

Bombus californicus

February - September

Yellow-faced Bumble Bee

Yellow-faced Bumble Bee

Bombus vosnesenskii

January - September

Foothill Carpenter Bee

Foothill Carpenter Bee

Xylocopa tabaniformis orpifex

Later March - June

Small Carpenter Bee

Small Carpenter Bee

Ceratina

March - July

Valley Carpenter Bee

Valley Carpenter Bee

Xylocopa sonorina

March – September (Uncommon on Mount Diablo)

California Digger-cuckoo Bee

California Digger-cuckoo Bee

Brachymelecta californica

June - August

Edwards Melectum

Edwards Melectum

Melecta edwardsii

March - early June

Lovely-tailed Mourning Bee

Lovely-tailed Mourning Bee

Melecta separata callura

March - May

Nomad Bees

Nomad Bees

Nomada

February - June

California Digger Bee

California Digger Bee

Anthophora californicus

February - May; there may be a Fall generation too

California Mountain Digger Bee

California Mountain Digger Bee

Habropoda depressa

February - early June

Edwards Digger Bee

Edwards Digger Bee

Anthophora edwardsii

Earlier Spring (starting late-February/early March)

Pacific Digger Bee

Pacific Digger Bee

Anthophora pacifica

February and March - not common.

Urbane Digger Bee

Urbane Digger Bee

Anthophora urbana

Late Spring - Early Fall

Eucera Longhorn Bee

Eucera Longhorn Bee

Eucera

March to June

Melissodes Longhorn Bee

Melissodes Longhorn Bee

Melissodes

Late Summer to Fall

Bindweed Turret Bee

Bindweed Turret Bee

Diadasia bituberculata

April to June

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