Technical Abstract: Honeybees have been depicted as "bad" for native bees when the two compete for pollen and nectar from the same species of floral host. We found no correlation between the abundance of honeybees and the abundance or diversity of native bees visiting flowers of the dominant desert shrub, creosote bush, at 47 2-acre sites across the American Southwest. Estimated pollen production per acre exceeded the calculated needs of the fauna at nearly all sites. Hence, pollen was not a limiting resource for bee reproduction, and so its removal by honeybees wasof little apparent consequence.