A male and female Homalictus bee.

The Oxylobium ellipticum flowers were a dominant bee attractant in the heathy vegetation.

A lucky capture from the garden...

Vancouver WA bees

Bee

bee in The Remarkables, Otago, NZ.

You should know that it's still a bit weird and foreign for me to see bumble bees.

I remember one day when I was on holiday on the shores of Lake Michigan, I saw a bumble bee, a blue jay, a squirrel, a CHIPMUNK, and a red cardinal in the space of about 3 seconds.

And then my head popped off.

A bee with a tick on it?

Bee on a flower

Bee

Bendigo, 2011

Honey bee feeding on sugar/honey spray on a camelia leaf

Photo by Robin Williams

Grafton, MA

Vancouver, British Columbia

Lots of Bees out this time of year, got a nice sharp picture of this one while it was collecting pollen off a wild rose.

notice the leg on the left bottom corner.

Bee at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.

Bee, Fung Yuen Butterfly Reserve, Tai Po, Hong Kong

Garden Macro

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TITLE: BEE: (Andrena chrysosceles) MALE 2, FOUND ON DANDELION. NOTE "Males have the surface of the clypeus whitish with two black spots combined with orange hind tibiae (a combination unique to this species). " (Steven Falk, Flickr).. Andrena chrysosceles is a species of mining bee known to be susceptible to Stylops infestation. This individual shows sign that something has entered its abdomen between the tergites.

ID TRACKING: ID VIA FACEBOOK: UK Bees, Wasps and Ants: Matt Smith: www.facebook.com/groups/1590641777855221/permalink/171678...

KEYWORDS: INVERTEBRATE, ANIMAL, - iRECORD, - RECORDED

CATEGORIES: ----DOE HILL CP, ---TIBSHELF AREA, --DERBYSHIRE, -ENGLAND, [1] INVERTEBRATES, [2] INSECTA (INSECTS), [3] HYMENOPTERA, [3] STREPSIPTERA, [4.1] BEES, [4] ANDRENIDAE (MASON BEES), [4] STYLOPIDAE, [6] ANDRENA, [6] STYLOPS (PARASITIC FLIES), [8] Andrena chrysosceles

LOCATION: DOE HILL COMMUNITY PARK / TIBSHELF / DERBYSHIRE / ENGLAND

OS GRID REF: SK422599

Bee

RMIT City Campus, 2011

TITLE: BEE: (Andrena chrysosceles) MALE 2, FOUND ON DANDELION. NOTE "Males have the surface of the clypeus whitish with two black spots combined with orange hind tibiae (a combination unique to this species). " (Steven Falk, Flickr).. Andrena chrysosceles is a species of mining bee known to be susceptible to Stylops infestation. This individual shows sign that something has entered its abdomen between the tergites.

ID TRACKING: ID VIA FACEBOOK: UK Bees, Wasps and Ants: Matt Smith: www.facebook.com/groups/1590641777855221/permalink/171678...

KEYWORDS: INVERTEBRATE, ANIMAL, - iRECORD, - RECORDED

CATEGORIES: ----DOE HILL CP, ---TIBSHELF AREA, --DERBYSHIRE, -ENGLAND, [1] INVERTEBRATES, [2] INSECTA (INSECTS), [3] HYMENOPTERA, [3] STREPSIPTERA, [4.1] BEES, [4] ANDRENIDAE (MASON BEES), [4] STYLOPIDAE, [6] ANDRENA, [6] STYLOPS (PARASITIC FLIES), [8] Andrena chrysosceles

LOCATION: DOE HILL COMMUNITY PARK / TIBSHELF / DERBYSHIRE / ENGLAND

OS GRID REF: SK422599

Washburn High School, Spelling Bee 11-2-2018

Megachilid, I think.

Buglife Ref:00203

South East London Wildlife

CW Ref: IMG_4654 v2

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Another shot of a bee at the Trentham Estate. I'm pleased with the focus and level of detail captured.

From Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. June 2010. Nest of a small species of wasp common throughout the islands called, "Boonie Bees."

Bees in my Sussex garden, on my apple tree blossom.

Eastern Carpenter Bee

Xylocopa virginica

Toronto, ON, Canada

2017

This guy just hung out for a very long time on this plant. Quite nice of him. I guess he was cold? When the sun came back out, he flew off.

17/06/2017