Do you know what kind of bee this is?

Question

I have seen twice now a bee with a red butt in or around my yard (I live in Portland, OR) and I am not sure what type of bee it is. It looks just like a regular honey bee except it's butt is red and black striped. I tried to look online, but all I can find is a red mason bee, but that looks nothing like this bee I've seen. This one has the yellow and black body and then red and black butt.

Does anyone have an idea what type of bee this is?

Answer 1

all i can think of is what you said red mason bee

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Mason_B...