White-zoned Furrow Bee (Lasioglossum leucozonium) ©
Female White-zoned Furrow Bee (Lasioglossum leucozonium) A solitary mining bee, sometimes nesting in aggregations. There are instances of two females digging in the same burrow but this may be communal rather than social activity. The nest is dug in flat to slightly inclined, light soil, in sparsely vegetated conditions or where there is a short sward. The burrow descends vertically with cells at the end of short side tunnels. Each female constructs from six to fifteen cells, which produce a sexual brood the same year. These mate and the females hibernate, probably not in the maternal nests as nesting aggregations do not always seem to be located in the same places in consecutive years.
Photo by Nick Dobbs 29-06-2023
White-zoned Furrow Bee (Lasioglossum leucozonium) ©
Female White-zoned Furrow Bee (Lasioglossum leucozonium) A solitary mining bee, sometimes nesting in aggregations. There are instances of two females digging in the same burrow but this may be communal rather than social activity. The nest is dug in flat to slightly inclined, light soil, in sparsely vegetated conditions or where there is a short sward. The burrow descends vertically with cells at the end of short side tunnels. Each female constructs from six to fifteen cells, which produce a sexual brood the same year. These mate and the females hibernate, probably not in the maternal nests as nesting aggregations do not always seem to be located in the same places in consecutive years.
Photo by Nick Dobbs 29-06-2023