Bee Diversity

there are more than 20,000 known species of bee! this wondrous diversity is essential to life on earth.

here are 30-something bee species that i've encountered, almost all in the backyards of my previous and current homes in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. here's an ongoing effort to identify them all.

learn more about bee diversity and conservation at www.xerces.org.

shot on z cam with laowa macro lenses.

music by elise silvestri.