There’s a lot of love for hive dwelling bees like honey bees and bumble bees, but 90% of Pennsylvania’s bees are solitary bees! I wanted to show my appreciation with these illustrations.
These bees are watercolor, gouache, and pencil. I’ve also made them into a solitary bee garland printed on recycled linen paper, and vinyl stickers.
The bees pictured are the eastern carpenter bee, bi-colored sweat bee, pruinose squash bee, flat-tailed leaf cutter bee, and blue orchard mason bee.
