Specimen collected for a study at date and time listed for iNaturalist. The date on the image is when I took the photos.
observed on flower of fallugia paradoxa
SBEE, 30, Rudbeckia hirta
iN-291
This is yet another of those times when I wish I knew more about bee behavior.
This bee kept walking back & forth on the leaf... sometimes peering over the edge, and even reaching out as if it wanted to walk to the next leaf vs. fly.
What was it up to?