I'm reading 'California Bees & Blooms'; now need a good field guide to native wasps & syrphid flies, etc. Have been planting for our hive, & charting bee attractors by season; this year began i.d.ing many native pollinators as well. Most popular in our Calif. garden: asters, lavender, borage, many salvias, lambs' ears, thyme, rosemary, oregano (love the ornamental 'Herrenhausen'), calamint, sedum 'Autumn Joy', penstemon... Also trees & shrubs including toyon, coyote brush, & coffeberry, plus many annuals.
Photo: honeybee on left, native longhorn bee on right.