Thanks for your reply about my Perdita or whatever.  Gee, I wonder how that
genus name came about ... is it supposed to suggest "lost"  (where did that
little bugger go?!) or "damned", ... or none of the above!
 
I have a honey bee hive, since a swarm moved into our yard spring last
year.  I was only vaguely aware that there were native "bees", as distinct
from bumble bees and the various wasps.  Thanks for the names; I'll see if
I can look up anything about them.  I don't feel like collecting any when
I'm seeing so few; they're welcome to my Phacelia pollen.  If they like
P. crenulata, I hope they find my neighbor about 200 ft NNE, who has a big
patch; my P. Bolanderi is only one plant in a tub.
 
By the way, what's with the line in your sig,
 -------(please include "DY" in subj header of mail to this user)--------?
 
Regards,
  Dick