Filed Under : by Tom
Saturday, 4 June 2011The Red Mason Bees Osmia rufa have been busy over the past month collecting pollen and creating cells for their eggs. Here's a female coming back with mud to seal one of the tubes. - Update: following comments I've amended the title of the 2nd pic.
Osmia rufa female
Colletes male (perhaps C.daviesanus)
2 comments:
I love your bee hotel. I am afraid the little bee on the daisy is a Colletes, likely daviesanus. This bee loves plants from the daisy family, and it is often found on tansy, oxeye daisy and feverfew.
Thanks for commenting on my blog Blackbird...I should have doubled-checked my id before labelling the pic...I've had a look at other photos of C.daviesanus but have err'd on the side of caution in re-labelling my pic.
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