My favourite bees are back!
There have been male blue-banded bees, Amegilla cingulata, roosting in our garden in different spots for over 30 yrs. I put a plant that had died in the drought outside our living room window and sure enough the bees started roosting there in early January. At first there were only about five but they increased to just over 40 shown in this photo. Sadly, with the very wet few days we had this last weekend about a quarter disappeared. After posting this photo, the numbers have increased again.
Taken with flash at night.
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My favourite bees are back!
There have been male blue-banded bees, Amegilla cingulata, roosting in our garden in different spots for over 30 yrs. I put a plant that had died in the drought outside our living room window and sure enough the bees started roosting there in early January. At first there were only about five but they increased to just over 40 shown in this photo. Sadly, with the very wet few days we had this last weekend about a quarter disappeared. After posting this photo, the numbers have increased again.
Taken with flash at night.
Thank you for visiting. I appreciate the faves and kind comments very much.