jencmars ,
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One of our many sweat bees on a tiny flower (5mm or so) with a name I always forget; it's a native plant with red leaves and the extra-small pollinators love it.

xris ,
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Maybe Heuchera?
I get lots of little bees - and sometimes bumble bees! - dangling from their flowers like that.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/130273869

jencmars OP ,
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@xris Could be! I think definitely Lasioglossum, as upthread, but beyond that I don't know. We have quite a few (over a dozen) very similar looking species locally.

xris ,
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We have about a dozen species that can be ID'd from photographs. Most only get to Subgenus Dialictus.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=674&taxon_id=57678&view=species

albertcardona ,
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Looks like Lasioglossum sp., or at least a Halictini.

jencmars OP ,
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@albertcardona Thanks! I have the photo labeled as maybe Lasioglossum, but definitely not confident.

albertcardona ,
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Looks like Lasioglossum, like this one:
http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/183728376

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