The Cactus bees are working very keen to get a few more harvests in before winter. | Cactus Country

As the Southwest hits peak blooming season for prickly pear and cholla cacti, cactus bees are busy collecting pollen from cactus blossoms. The bees in this video are in the genus Lithurgopsis and are easily distinguishable from other “cactus bees” due to the pollen-collecting hairs on the underside of their abdomens (a distinctive feature of bees in the family Megachilidae, which includes mason bees and leafcutter bees) and the reddish brown hairs at the very tip of their abdomen. It is also a f