Small carpenter bee
Ceratina arizonensis
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Tiny metallic green carpenter bee, half the size of honeybees. Solitary ground-nester crucial for pollinating small native wildflowers in Bay Area gardens.
Plants that support Small carpenter bee
1 plants
Shortspike Hedgenettle
Stachys pycnantha
perennial herb
Pollen foraging during early spring reproductive period
Bay Area native