Cleptoparasite, or what’s often called a “cuckoo bee.” Shiny-vented Sharp-tailed Bee in our garden this evening (I believe)
A Parasitism of Patchwork Leafcutter Bees. Not a bee i was expecting to see.
#cuckoobee
#sharptailedbee
#essex
Any bee experts to help id?
Female Marsham's Nomad bee (Nomada marshamella). As a cuckoo bee she spends most of the day trying to sneak into Andrena scotica - Chocolate mining bee's nests in my stone wall.
#bees #cuckoobee
#nomad #bee #macro #photography
This little fella doesn't sting, isn't much of a pollinator, but is a master of disguise.
Also known as a #cuckoobee, it really is a cuckoo...
A Cuckoo Bee (Epeolus olympiellus) photographed last summer. One that I forgot about and just stumbled across on my phone this evening!
#CuckooBee #Bee #Hymenoptera
Throwback to this roosting Holcopasites cuckoo bee from August 2022.
#macrophotography #cuckoobee #holcopasites
This #cuckoobee Coelioxys porterae Cockerell sat patiently watching the #leafcutterbee Megachile relativa Cresson nesting in this #beecondo. Luckily I got to take a few photos! #bees #macrophotography #photography #nature #Canon #macro
#bees #bee #honey #nature #savethebees #beekeeping ##beekeeper #honeybees #flowers #honeybee #macro #beehive #pollinators #insects #naturephotography #bienen #apiary #honeycomb #beekeepers #pollen #apiculture #garden #photography #insect #beekeeperslife #biene #beeswax #flower #cuckoobee
Look at those tattered wings. Rare shot of a cuckoo bee in action.
#macrophotography #cuckoobee #brachynomadini
Roosting cuckoo bee. Have been seeing fewer of these now.
#macrophotography #cuckoobee #brachynomadini #roostingbee #InverteFest
My favorite cuckoo bees are back. Saw the most I've ever seen roosting in quite a few places after it rained this afternoon.
#macrophotography #cuckoobee #brachynomadini #roostingbee
I encountered this bee on a Surrey heath earlier. Using @StevenFalk1‘s great Flickr resource, I think it might be Nomada lathburiana - reddish hairs on top of thorax. Can anyone confirm?
#NomadBee #CuckooBee
The first Common Mourning Bee I've found in my garden this spring. This is a male; the females kleptoparasitise the nests of Hairy-footed Flower Bees.
#insects #SolitaryBee #CommonMourningBee
#MelectaAlbifrons #CuckooBee #GardenWildlife #UKWildlife
#NaturePhotography #StingsNWings
Fabulous day teaching my 1st #Bumblebee ID course at #SingletonPark Botanic Gardens, Swansea. All the common spp, workers & males & several B vestalis Southern #CuckooBee Thx @StevenFalk1 @olds_liam for id help @BuzzingWales
