One of my favorite insects in the garden, who adds almost as much color as a butterfly! 🙂 The Green Orchid Bee, Euglossa dilemma (Wikipedia link) is a native of Central America, plus someone introduced it in Florida.
Green Orchid Bee
Green Orchid Bee
They never cease to amaze me! And I hope I haven’t blogged them too many times! Here’s a few shots from my garden the other day.
Green Orchid Bee
This beautiful Green Orchid Bee, Euglossa dilemma (Wikipedia link) is endemic or native to Central America, though some yokel recently introduced them into Florida in the states. I never tire of seeing the little shiny emeralds flitting about my garden. 🙂
¡Pura Vida!
See more in my Bee Gallery or for other interesting CR insects, see my More CR Insects Gallery.
Green Orchid Bee
Now that the wind is dying down a bit (we had an exceptional amount of wind Jan-Apr) the insects are more visible in my garden and I hope will be in the hotel garden this coming week! And here is just one of my favorite bees in Costa Rica . . . The Green Orchid Bee! (Link to my CR Bees Gallery)
I have a huge belief in the importance of bees . . . the necessity of bee colonies that are vital to the health of the planet.
~Trudie Styler
¡Pura Vida!
Green Orchid Bee
He’s revisiting my garden and thus I’m posting some new photos of a favorite bee here. See my Bees Gallery for some better photos made earlier or posted on earlier blog posts linked below. And if interested in reading about this Central American bee, there’s a good history on Wikipedia. (People in Florida are trying to introduce them there.)
¡Pura Vida!
Green Orchid Bee
The Green Orchid Bee or Euglossa dilemma (Wikipedia) is a Central American Bee found only here naturally (and occasionally in my garden) though recently introduced into South Florida (an invasive species there). I like them for their iridiscente green color added to my garden from time to time. I do have a Bees Gallery for more photos of this and other bees here. Just one of the thousands of interesting insects in Costa Rica that I enjoy watching! 🙂 See also my Butterflies and More Insects Galleries for more bugs!
Green Orchid Bee
In my garden, Roca Verde, Atenas, Costa Rica.
¡Pura Vida!
Green Orchid Bee
I had several of these in my garden yesterday. Colorful bee! Read about them on Wikipedia. Or see my earlier photo of one in 2015. Or my gallery of More Insects Costa Rica.
When the flower blossoms, the bee will come.
~Srikumar Rao
¡Pura Vida!
A Birds and the Bees Problem
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| A swarm of bees building a nest on neighbor’s carport ceiling. Don’t know the name. |
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| Cropped in closer on hundreds of bees and corner of hive. |
These bees have taken over Anthony’s hummingbird feeders and he is looking for a solution to that problem. Let me know if you have one. Knocking down this nest did not do it.
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| His bees stay on his hummingbird feeders, thus no birds now! |
I have no such problem since my hummingbirds eat from my flowers and there are enough flowers for both the birds and the bees! 🙂 My favorite bee in my garden is the Green Orchid Bee I think I may have shown on the blog before.
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| Green Orchid Bee My Garden, Roca Verde, Atenas, Costa Rica The hummingbirds and bees don’t seem to fight over the flowers. |
Green Orchid Bee
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| Green Orchid Bee, Atenas, Costa Rica, by Charlie Doggett Another “fruit” of my garden! |
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| Green Orchid Bee, Atenas, Costa Rica, by Charlie Doggett Note: This bee lives only in tropical Central and South America |