A male Long-horned Bee on top of a bramble flower facing the camera. To one side, the head of a beetle peeks out from behind the flower.
A lifer for me today at Oaken Woods in Surrey. Eucera longicornis, the Long-horned Bee. Very happy to make their acquaintance. Photo-bombed by a Swollen-thigh Beetle, Oedemera nobilis.
#SolitaryBeeWeek
Another bee active now is Andrena florea. The females only collect pollen from White Bryony and males can be found patrolling over the plants. Sometimes the males will settle in the flowers for the night and the petals close over them.
#SolitaryBeeWeek
It's currently #solitarybeeweek! To celebrate, here’s an article about a lovely little solitary mining bee which blessed me with its presence in my garden recently.
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#buglife #insectsphotography #entomology #bee
Solitary bee hotel workshop open to all at the Blue Market, Bermondsey SE16 3UQ Saturday 24th May 12.30 - 4.30pm
It's #solitarybeeweek and we're partnering with @bostse1.bsky.social to make solitary bee habitats at the Blue Market #Bermondsey on Saturday. We'd love to see you there.
A Black bee with smoky wings on a white Nemesia 'Wisley Vanilla' flower
This is the bee that started my interest in bees and then wasps. She is a rare Andrena nigrospina that visited our Surrey garden briefly in May 2017.
#solitaryBeeWeek
It's Solitary Bee Week!
Founded in 2018 to raise awareness of the importance of solitary bee populations, and now hosted by Buglife, this week-long event hopes to encourage the public to pledge their support for these incredible insects.
Photos by Oli Haines
#solitarybeeweek
Always a pleasure to come across a Golden-fringed Mason Bee (Osmia aurulenta) nest! This is one of 3 UK bee species to nest in empty snail shells. A female had just finished pasting leaf mastic over the entrance to the shell when I came across her yesterday at Porth Neigwl.
#SolitaryBeeWeek
Small bee feeding on Cow Parsley
Small bee enjoying Cow Parsley. Possibly Andrena sp. #WildflowerHour #SolitaryBeeWeek
A black, yellow and red bee in a glass collecting pot
Bare earth created for making jumps for mountain bikes
It's #SolitaryBeeWeek
I found this Flavous Nomad Bee today, it's a cuckoo bee so was hanging around a mining bee entrance (it pops an egg in the hole of another species). There were many holes on this mountain bike track. Bare earth is needed for nesting for many species
@yorkswildlife.bsky.social
A view of the face of a male Andrena labiata showing the white clypeus.
To celebrate #WorldBeeDay and #SolitaryBeeWeek this is one of my favourites, Andrena labiata. This pic of a male is from 2019 but the first for this year showed up last week.
A solitary bee for #solitarybeeweek
I'm not sure what species this is but it was enjoying the bird's-foot trefoil in Moray today
Happy #WorldBeeDay and #SolitaryBeeWeek!
Our 3 Ps for saving the Bs:
🌻PLANT native flowers with different shapes and seasons.
🪵PROVIDE nesting spaces - bare soil, long grass, hollow stems, holes in wood…
🌱PESTICIDE-FREE gardening. No bug sprays or weed killer!
Have you got a favourite bee? 🐝
Loving the #solitarybeeweek resources on the
@Buglife website - so much to have, do, see, share..
a four banded flower bee, a hairy footed flower bee, and a common mourning bee
Further to my earlier post of 2 days ago the next morning I saw the female bee presumed to be Megachile willughbiella also. Those mandibles look well made for leaf cutting. #SolitaryBeeWeek #buglife
Delighted to find two male Willughby’s Leafcutter bees on my bee hotel early this morning. A new record for the garden in Fife. #SolitaryBeeWeek
Spike:
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#insects #bee #SolitaryBee #WoolCarderBee #AnthidiumManicatum #UKWildlife #NaturePhotography #MacroPhotography #StingsNWings #SolitaryBeeWeek
Mmmm, 🤔 wonder where the leaf cutters been today ? #SolitaryBeeWeek #insects #pollinators #nature #bees
And the prize for the best trousers in the garden goes to…
… this Pantaloon Bee! 🐝👖
#SolitaryBeeWeek
According to this Green-eyed Flower Bee, it’s #SolitaryBeeWeek. Bees are brilliant! @SolitaryBeeWeek @TBHPartnership
The crocosmia vandal reveals herself! Great to watch what I think is Willughby's Leafcutter Bee snipping away at leaves this lunchtime😊#bees #solitarybeeweek
