Van Dyke's Bumble Bee on Common Pacific Pea
Bees: Van Dyke's Bumble Bee, Bombus vandykei, Family Apidae, Order Hymenoptera. Documented on Sweet Pea, Lathyrus vestitus, along Ortega OHV Trail in Los Padres National Forest, Ventura County, California, USA. This sweet pea is a native, and also known as Bolander's pea, Canyon Sweet Pea, Common pacific pea, Pacific peavine. NATIVE