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Seems to be a good year for Andrena scotica by me, seen in my #Staffs garden 31/03/26 #bee #solitarybee #Andrena
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Female Nomada goodeniana bee enjoying the Laurel flowers, Tamworth, #Staffs 07/04/26 #bee #solitarybee #Nomada
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A gorgeous female Andrena haemorrhoa bee seen in Tamworth, #Staffs 10/04/26 #solitarybee #bee #Andrena
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A male tawney mining bee sits on a leaf. On its head between its compound eyes, the 3 simple eyes, known as ocelli, can be seen. Maybe if you zoom in a little.
A male Tawney mining bee in my garden. The females are the pretty ones (as always 😄) and covered in beautiful orange fuzzy fluff. Perfect. The male here has no sting, and is a little slow. Bless.
#solitarybee #savethebees #femalesincontrol #fuzzyfluff
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I think this is the first time I've spotted a tawny mining bee! 🐝 #Bee #SolitaryBee #Wildlife #Nature
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A solitary bee digging a little home in a sandy bank that is actually the path between two common walkways on the edge of a country park.
One of the best things about having the flu is I'm finally catching up on pictures I should have sorted out weeks ago.
Here is a solitary bee who has decided that the middle of the path is an ideal spot for his home.
I wish them well :)
#Bee #beesOfMastodon #solitaryBee #photography #urbanNature
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Bees galore yesterday 6/4/26. Queen red tailed bumblebee, Queen Garden bumblebee and fun female Hairy footed flower bee - loads of other sp but all to fast for me @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social
#solitarybee
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Female Small Sallow Mining Bee, Andrena praecox.
Nest holes of Small Sallow Mining Bee, Andrena praecox.
Small Sallow Mining Bee, Andrena praecox, at her nest hole.
Small Sallow Mining Bee, Andrena praecox, at her nest hole.
Small Sallow Mining Bee, Andrena praecox.
While eating lunch we found a small nesting aggregation in Hockering Wood, Norfolk, yesterday.
Identified by @vannabartlett.bsky.social.
bwars.com/bee/andrenid...
#SolitaryBee #Bees #UKWildlife
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A very enjoyable programme, loved it.. #pollinators #bees #wasps #nature #solitarybee #honeybees #bumblebees #savethebees #insects
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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I think this could be a male Andrena apicata? Seen at #RSPBMiddletonLakes 11/03/26 #solitarybee #bee @obeckett98.bsky.social
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ID check please 1 Andrena bicolor female - ( wondering if thorax has enough hairs and abdomen hairs too long) looks a bit shabby and was warming up
In the morning sun 2&3 Lasioglossum calceatum male on heather flowers ( Im rubbish at furrow bees)
@ianbeavis.bsky.social #solitarybee #ukwildlife
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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.
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Male Anthophora plumipes bee feeding on Red Dead-nettle in St Paul's churchyard, Fazeley, #Staffs 04/03/26 #solitarybee
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Male and Female Andrena bicolor bees active in St Paul's churchyard, Fazeley, #Staffs 04/03/26 #Andrena #solitarybee
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A bright yellow shaggy-petalled dandelion flower on which a medium sized golden-orange bee is sitting. She has impressive flowing orange hairs on her hind legs, a more tawny thorax and her abdomen has tawny-interspersed-with-more-blond hairs on. She looks dopey but tidy and fresh, and she is a real live bee on a flower in February!
I know you folks in eastern USA are still wrapped in your woollies (stay safe!), but here in the UK it is getting warmer and brighter and the first solitary bees are out! Andrena bicolor female today! #SolitaryBee #Entomology #FirstBeesOfSpring #Bee #Pollinator
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#SolitaryBee season open - signs of hatching around the hotel and if you look carefully you can see the white moustache of an orchard mason bee. Not much pollen about but cherry plum is coming into flower and the snowdrops are out and about. Forecast bit wet though... @ianbeavis.bsky.social
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My linocut print shows a section of leaf with an alfalfa leaf cutter bee in the act of cutting its telltale half-moon shape. The leaf is a pale green with dark green veins and patterns and much paler obverse site. The bee is black and pale yellow. My print is on cream coloured Japanese paper with bark inclusions.
I made a full edition of my alfalfa leafcutting bee (Megachile rotundata) cutting a leaf. The alfalfa leafcutting bee is a solitary bee originally from Europe which has been spread to all continents but Antartica for agriculture. 🐡🧪🐝
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#linocut #printmaking #Megachile #solitaryBee #pollinator
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A portrait profile shot of a bees head and thorax. The bee is looking to the right, with a green/blue background. It's covered in fine hairs, from pale yellow to orange in colour. The whole of the bee is in focus allowing details like the occeli on it's head to be clearly visible. It's tongue is extended, with the central glossa having a bottlebrush like structure on the end. The labial palpa, which extend either side of the glossa to help form a tube to drink nectar, are also visible, as are the galea which support the tongue when it's in use.
An alternative photo of the Orange Vented Mason #bee that I recovered from the nest tubes. I think this lighting, and background is better for showing off the details of his mouthparts. #wildlifefrommywindow #invertebrates #insects #solitarybee #gardenwildlife #ukwildlife
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A portrait profile shot of a bees head and thorax. The bee is looking to the right, with a black background. It's covered in fine hairs, from pale yellow to orange in colour. The whole of the bee is in focus allowing details like the occeli on it's head to be clearly visible. It's tongue is extended, with the central glossa having a bottlebrush like structure on the end. The labial palpa, which extend either side of the glossa to help form a tube to drink nectar, are also visible, as are the galea which support the tongue when it's in use.
When I cleaned out the bee nests in Oct this ♂️ Orange Vented Mason #bee (correct me if I'm wrong!) was in a tube, having died at the back. I kept him for some 📷, this is a focus-stacked composite of 40+ pics. I love the detail on his tongue! #wildlifefrommywindow #solitarybee #invertebrates #insects
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Female Megachile willughbiella Leafcutter bee with leaf! 15/06/25, #RSPBMiddletonLakes #Megachile #solitarybee
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