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These flowering mahonia (berberis) bushes are noisy at this time of year, attracting lots of buzzing bees

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5398-mahonia-bee.jpg I arrive at the dry Lecyr Well site, with low-growing daturas in the foreground, Mojave National PreserveThumbnailsIt's not just bees making noise: these mahonia (berberis) flowers also attract many large orange wasp-like insectsI arrive at the dry Lecyr Well site, with low-growing daturas in the foreground, Mojave National PreserveThumbnailsIt's not just bees making noise: these mahonia (berberis) flowers also attract many large orange wasp-like insectsI arrive at the dry Lecyr Well site, with low-growing daturas in the foreground, Mojave National PreserveThumbnailsIt's not just bees making noise: these mahonia (berberis) flowers also attract many large orange wasp-like insectsI arrive at the dry Lecyr Well site, with low-growing daturas in the foreground, Mojave National PreserveThumbnailsIt's not just bees making noise: these mahonia (berberis) flowers also attract many large orange wasp-like insectsI arrive at the dry Lecyr Well site, with low-growing daturas in the foreground, Mojave National PreserveThumbnailsIt's not just bees making noise: these mahonia (berberis) flowers also attract many large orange wasp-like insectsI arrive at the dry Lecyr Well site, with low-growing daturas in the foreground, Mojave National PreserveThumbnailsIt's not just bees making noise: these mahonia (berberis) flowers also attract many large orange wasp-like insects

Great scent! These were growing at Mail Spring also.