Photo by Sarah Harmon
Ruben Alarcón holds a sweat bee and a golden male carpenter bee found in local pepper fields, showing native bees’ variety of sizes.
Photo by Sarah Harmon
Bee specimens in the CSUCI lab are identified by type and tagged for location and date.
Photo by Sarah Harmon
Among the hundreds of trays of bees that Alarcón’s students have identified are these sweat bees, showing their green gem-like highlights.
