The trickiest bees I've photographed so far! The cuckoo bees (Thyreus), with the chequered cuckoo bee (Thyreus caeruleopunctatus) on the left and the neons cuckoo bee (Thyreus nitidulus).

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Male Amegilla asserta roosting, Sydney NSW.

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Local bush walk today and stumbled onto some male native bees, Lipotriches australica, aka. green and gold nomia.

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My garden is being visited by the aptly named, Amegilla bombiformis, aka teddy bear bee. On the left is a female and on the right, a male.

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This male Lipotriches australica was bubbling! A process in which the bee will bubble nectar in order to evaporate the water and condense the nectar!

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Female round-headed masked bee (Hylaeus rotundiceps) pollinating lillypillys today. Named for their mask-like facial markings.

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Megachile (Eutricharaea) sp. or the leaf cutter bee. This female was covered in pollen, they store the pollen on the long scopal hairs under their abdomen.

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Another native bee during teaching this week. This one is a masked bee (Hylaeus sp.) They (usually) have facial markings, typically in bright yellow - hence the name. #hylaeus #wildoz #nativebee #entomology #australianbees

Not a honey bee (Apis mellifera) but an Australian native bee, Trichocolletes sp. on flowering Bossiaea scolopendria. #nativebee #wildoz #australianbees

Gardens provide a limitless source of inspiration and watching the bees enter and leave their beehive is something I take for granted, so thought I’d share a snippet of their very busy day with you.
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Elderly blue banded bee (Amegilla) 🩵

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A slow mo video of a Blue Banded Bee :) #bluebandedbee #australianbees #nativebees #wildlife #slowmo

A few shots from my most recent public artwork in Perth, Western Australia.

Artwork team Nicola Cowie and Kat Ferguson

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Closeup of Royal Bluebell flowers, with one flower in focus. Each flower has five petals that end in pointed tips. The petals are dark and light purple, connected to a pale yellow centre of the flower.

Closeup of Royal Bluebell flowers, with one flower in focus. The flowers are purple, with a light yellow centre. On the flower in focus is a small Australian bee. The bee has a pattern of black and dark grey across its body. Its head is buried in the flower collecting nectar. One shiny black eye is visible.

On a walk yesterday, I found some beautiful Royal Bluebell flowers and a native bee busy at work.
Can anyone identify what species of bee this is?

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My favourite native bee #bluebandedbee #australianbees

Coelioxys! Or the leaf-cutting cuckoo bees. These bees are very triangled. #entomology #bees #australianbees