Mining bees
Andrena
Insect
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Small, solitary bees varying in color from black to metallic green. Spring Bay Area pollinators of early wildflowers; nest in bare ground; crucial for native plant reproduction.
Plants that support Mining bees
5 plants
Miner's Lettuce*
Claytonia perfoliata subsp. intermontana
annual
Pollen
Bay Area native
Red-flowering buckwheat
Eriogonum grande var. rubescens
perennial herb
Pollen
Bay Area native
Western Columbine
Aquilegia formosa
perennial herb
Pollen
Bay Area native
Old Man's Whiskers
Geum triflorum
perennial herb
Pollen
Scarlet Bugler
Penstemon centranthifolius
perennial herb
Pollen
Bay Area native