The six native bees foraging on <I>A. mitchellii</I> flowering in Victoria were studied by Bernhardt & Walker (1984). More bee taxa were taken from the summer flowering <I>A. mitchellii</I> than the late winter-spring flowering <I>A. myrtifolia</I> and <I>A. pycnantha</I>. Analysis of the pollen loads showed that the bees ranged from specialist to generalist collectors and that 42% of the bees collected also carried pollen of other genera (mostly nectar bearing).