Dedicated to Jerome G. Rozen Jr.

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California Natural History Guide Series 107

University of California Press

Berkeley and Los Angeles, California

University of California Press, Ltd.

London, England

© 2013 by The Regents of the University of California

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

LeBuhn, Gretchen, 1961–.

Field guide to the common bees of California : Including Bees of the Western United States / text by Gretchen LeBuhn ; illustrations by Noel B. Pugh.

pagescm

Includes index.

ISBN 978-0-520-27283-5 (cloth : alk. paper) —ISBN 978-0-520-27284-2 (pbk. : alk. paper)

eISBN 9780520956889

1. Bees —California—Identification.I. Title.

QL567.1.U6L43 2013

595.79’9—dc232013003751

Manufactured in China

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The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (R 1997) (Permanence of Paper).

Cover image: Bee and poppy. Paintings by Noel B. Pugh.