![A Halictus species bee in a California Poppy](https://www.danielharper.org/yauu/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/P1010068.jpg)
A bee, probably a species in the genus Halictus, in a blossom of a California Poppy. There are over 200 species in the genus Halictus; since I didn’t collect a specimen and don’t have a dissecting microscope, I won’t attempt to determine which species. It’s enough for me to have seen the bee, and admired it.