Pumpkin bees pollinating pumpkins
Early one morning I stopped by my pumpkin patch and caught a glimpse of eastern cucurbit bees mobbing pumpkin blossoms. They were gathering nectar and pollen to feed their young. Nearby, a two-spotted longhorn bee tidied up a bit before moving to another blossom. Look at the size of her pollen loads. Her legs look like saddlebags. Wow!