In her nest, she mixes the pollen with some nectar and her own saliva. She works throughout the days gathering pollen from her favorite flowers, carrying it back to her log home on her hind legs. She builds cells made of mud and debris found under the bark that she glues together. Where you see a fallen log on the forest floor female Augochlora see valuable real estate. Most nest in holes in the ground and a few others use hollow twigs, but Augochlora makes her nests under the loose bark of old trees. This wonderful little green bee has a lifestyle that distinguishes it from other halictid bees. Later on, it visits milkweeds, hydrangeas, spiderwort, verbena and others. Bees prize this nectar at a time when there are not many other good blooms and floral resources are scarce. Although most maples are wind-pollinated, others carry a drop of glistening nectar very exposed on the center of their tiny flowers.
Early in the season, it visits maple flowers. Augocholra pura also visits members of the rose family (Rosaceae). Not a very choosy bee, it visits a wide range of flowers many of them are members of the daisy family, Asteraceae, such as asters, goldenrods and coreopsis. During warmer years, it can be seen as soon as February and as late as November in the northern and southern ends of its range. Not a very choosy bee, Augochlora pura visits a wide range of flowers.įrom the Canadian Rockies all the way though to Florida, this pure golden green bee can be busily visiting flowers from April to October.
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