What is this bee-like insect carrying flower petals?
Each year around this time we get these little bee like insects that are carrying pieces of flower petals and sticking them in holes for what I assume to be a nest? I'm just wondering if anyone knows the name of this insect. They're totally black and kind of slender.
Those are possibly leaf-cutter bees. They cut off pieces of leaves and flower petals with their strong mandibles to build the cells in their nests. Here are some references: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfalfa_leafcutter_bee
http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/insect/05576.html
http://crawford.tardigrade.net/bugs/BugofMonth23.html
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