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

Marvellous mother Dark-edged Bee-fly collecting soil to add ballast to her eggs before firing them with well-aimed butt-flicks at Yellow-legged Mining Bee nest holes. #parentingstyles #happymothersday #bombyliusmajor #andrenaflavipes #bugsky @flygirlnhm.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social