Small Bee - id?

[alliec]

Found quite a few small bees like this feeding in the daisys, is it a type of miner bee?

MPE-65, 30D, mt 24ex, f11, 1/200.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2384/2460110398_90a2046c29_o.jpg

[Jay Lowery]

very nice shot. how big was he/she

[LordV]

Excellent shot Alistair- lovely looking bee. Think it is a miner bee but possibly Lasioglossum sp. rather than Andrena sp.

Brian V.

[alliec]

Thanks Jay and Brian for the comments and ID.

Jay, it was approximatley 10-15mm in length, pretty small.

[racketman]

good shot - useful gallery here: http://www.bwars.com/Gallery.htm
the image of Lasioglossum leucozonium looks similar.