A yellow-legged mining bee resting on a rockrose flower; Andrena flavipes on a flower of Cistus salviifolius. #polinators #bees #andrena #andrenaflavipes #cistus #cistussalviifolius #macrophotography #naturephotography
I do believe this is a Gwynnes mining bee, Andrena bicolor. Had been busy enjoying nectar from the crocus. #solitarybee @ianbeavis.bsky.social #andrena #springwatch. In my N Cotswolds garden 5/3/26.
Male and Female Andrena bicolor bees active in St Paul's churchyard, Fazeley, #Staffs 04/03/26 #Andrena #solitarybee
Meet the expert: Denis Michez! 🐝 He is the coordinator of EPIC-bees. He specialises in Milittid bees.
Read more about Denis in this post! Do you have any questions for Denis? Let us know in the comments! 👇🏻👇🏻
#PollinatorAcademy #Meettheexpert #Pollinators #Bees #Andrena #Taxonomy #Biodiversity
Meet the expert, Thomas Wood! 🐝 As a taxonomist and ecologist at Naturalis, he specializes in Andrena bees. Read more about him in our post and ask your questions for him! #PollinatorAcademy #MeetTheExpert #Pollinators #Bees #Andrena #Taxonomy #Biodiversity
Worn Andrena flavipes? What do we all think? Seen at #RSPBMiddletonLakes 28/06/25 @liamolds.bsky.social @obeckett98.bsky.social #solitarybee #bee #Andrena
Cliff Mining Bee, Andrena thoracica, spotted on our walk yesterday. It didn't linger at any flower long enough for me to focus on on, and I didn't have time to try and get better footage as I had to keep up with the others.
#SolitaryBees #Andrena #MiningBees #Hymenoptera
A large brown bee is hanging off the end of a cluster of tiny cream blossoms. She has reddish blonde fur on her body and on the top of her head that is catching the sunlight, and auburn coloured wings.
Large Andrena lady on the Oceanspray showing off her wasp waist and downy fur jacket.
Andrena/mining bee on Holodiscus discolor, a local hallmark of early summer.
July 2025
#dailybee #bcnativebees #bcnativeplants #andrena #miningbees #holidiscus
A dark reddish brown bee sits in the centre of a pale pink wild rose flower. Her face is towards the camera showing off the two lines of auburn fur next to her eyes.
Typically my clustered rose is dark fuchsia & just covered with bees all day long. This year it's very pale & mostly empty.
One of the few visitors is this lovely Andrena/mining bee on Rosa pisocarpa
June 10.25
Snuneymuxw Territory
South End, Nanaimo
#bcnativebees #dailybee #andrena #nativebees
Portrait: eyes-to-eyes with this little bee covered in parsnip flower pollen
Wilke’s mining bee
(Andrena wilkella)
on cow parsnip flower
Chagrin river valley walk
May 18, 2025 in Moreland Hills, Ohio
#macro #Photography #native #nativebees #nativeplants #bees #flora #andrena #insects #bugs #nature
Here's a little video of an Orange-tailed Mining Bee, Andrena haemorrhoa, feeding and collecting pollen from Bramble flowers. She's the host for the Nomad Bee I posted earlier (assuming I'm right in thinking that it's Nomada ruficornis)
#SolitaryBees #Hymenoptera #Bees #Pollinators #Andrena
2nd generation Andrena bicolor bee seen at Hopwas Quarry, #Staffs 04/05/25 #solitarybee #bee #Andrena
A beautiful female Andrena nigroaenea bee seen in my #Staffs garden 18/05/25 #solitarybee #bee #Andrena
A beautiful female Andrena chrysosceles bee on Cow Parsley, seen at #RSPBMiddletonLakes 14/05/25 #solitarybee #bee #Andrena
Fluitenkruid zit bomvol nectar! Niet alleen de Fluitenkruidbij, maar talloze insecten snoepen ervan. Je vindt haar vaak in bermen; goed maaibeheer (#maaiminder) helpt insecten enorm!
#fluitenkruidbij #zandbij #andrena #deeljebij #reddebij #bijenstichting #biodiversiteit #bloemetjesenbijtjes #natuur
Eye-to-eye while crawling along an apple blossom petal, covered in its pollen
Dunning's miner bee
(Andrena dunningi)
More Apple blossoms antics
at the end of my alley in Chicago
#pollinators #bees #garden #bugs #macro #photography #gardens #gardening #insects #flora #nature #Hymenoptera #andrena #nativeBees #MacroMonday #MayBlooms
Climbing from apple flower to flower, why fly with such abundance?
Orange-legged miner bee 2
(Andrena hippotes)
adventuring on Apple blossom
yesterday evening in Chicago.
#pollinators #bees #garden #flowers #macro #photography #gardens #gardening #bloomscrolling #flora #nature #Hymenoptera #andrena #smartist #sensoryart #adventure #apple #appleblossoms
Like us, attracted by the scent of apple blossoms; Unlike us, pollinating an apple blossom, and nectaring.
Orange-legged miner bee
(Andrena hippotes)
adventuring on Apple blossom
yesterday evening in Chicago.
#pollinators #bees #garden #flowers #macro #photography #gardens #gardening #bloomscrolling #flora #nature #Hymenoptera #andrena #smartist #sensoryart #adventure #apple #appleblossoms
I think this little lady could be Andrena ovatula, there is a lot of Gorse at Hopwas Quarry, #Staffs. 04/05/25 @obeckett98.bsky.social @liamolds.bsky.social #Andrena #bee #solitarybee
I think this is a new bee species for me, female Andrena synadelpha? Seen at Hopwas Quarry, #Staffs, 04/05/25 @obeckett98.bsky.social @liamolds.bsky.social #Andrena #bee #solitarybee
Sandberg, Andrena så
Dandelions
Myrmica ants
Yellow!
#macrophotography #dandelions #ants #sandbees #andrena #myrmica #taraxacum #naturephotography #insects #bjärenature
A black bee is facing buds of a phacelia plant which are in various stages of opening. The petals of the closed flowers seem like light purple balls. The petals' sepals are also in various stages of opening. The bee has white hairs on its legs (which are used to store pollen).
For #macromonday, going with these enthusiastic #phacelia #buds and #Andrena #bee
🌿🐙 #wildlife #photography #flowers #nativeplants #gardening #outdoors
An Andrena bee in the shadow of a plant in silhouette, facing left. The bee has one foot braced on a leaf
Same #Andrena #bee as before, moving to a new #flower. The #physics boggle...
🐙 🌿 #wildlife #pollinators #photography #gardening #outdoors
A bee with light hairs on its head and thorax is upside-down visiting a plant with small green leaves. Its hind leg has shiny light hairs on the tibia and femur-like parts of the leg. Its abdomen is black.
This is the same #Andrena #solitary #bee species as in previous post. It is a pretty small bee, as the #plant it's using (Rhamnus crocea) has very small leaves & #flowers.
🐙🌿 #wildlife #pollinators #photography #gardening #outdoors
A slightly faded female Andrena bee, I think she is A. praecox but could be A. bimaculata maybe? Seen in my #Staffs garden, 25/04/25 @liamolds.bsky.social @obeckett98.bsky.social #Andrena #bee #solitarybee
A very fresh looking female Andrena scotica bee seen at #RSPBMiddletonLakes 20/04/25 #solitarybee #bee #Andrena
A very smart looking female Andrena nigroaenea bee, seen at Tucklesholme, #Staffs 24/04/24 #solitarybee #bee #Andrena @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social
An Andrena bee is facing the white corolla of a salvia. Its antennae are horizontal, out of the way for the task of getting nectar. It has hairs on its head that seem brushed over a bald spot. Its dark-veined wings extend out behind it. Its legs and thorax are fringed with light hairs while its shell is black.
So, usually when I see this degree of #comb-over, I tell my patients that they might want to consider either some self-esteem work or medical intervention to address
This #beauty is an #Andrena using a #native #salvia
#nature #macro #photography #bees #pollinators #wildlife #flowers 🌿 #gardening
