Natural History Wanderings

The Desert Sun reports

First it was the sea of wildflowers. Then came the painted lady butterflies. Soon, desert bees will join the influx of activity in the Coachella Valley.

Carpenter bees, which are often large and dark-colored, will appear alongside sweat bees and many others as the desert begins to warm up, experts say.

Like they did with the butterflies, above-average winter rains will likely lead to more bees in the area.

Source: Desert bees will soon join wildflowers, butterflies amid super bloom apocalypse