Bees carry pollen back to the hive in sacks on their legs.

alla fattoria Bronzetta

13th May 2018

Bee

Miner bee feeding on some sugar/honey spray in a camelia flower

84245 - LF24 ZCJ

Stagecoach Manchester (Bee Network)

BYD D8UR-DD ADL Enviro400EV City

Not in service

69628 - BV24 LTK

First Manchester (Bee Network)

Volvo B8RLE MCV eVoRa

Bury 467

69630 - BV24 LTO

First Manchester (Bee Network)

Volvo B8RLE MCV eVoRa

Kirkholt 406

From a neighbors bee hives building a new nest in a cherry tree.

Bee

Spring is in the air... Bees are buzzing... Flowers are blooming... Clark had to be very patient with me on his walk today. I was stopping every few feet to take photos along the way!

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

I found this bee in the garden

This shot shows Buzzy with his snoot well plugged into the nectar points !

His whiskers are a bit dry and droopy. Hope they perked up later !

Bee At Work

Thornbury Golf Course, Bristol

The bees are currently enjoying the garden and equally I am enjoying seeing them coming and going.

At Dunster Castle, Devon, in August.

TITLE: BEE: (Andrena chrysosceles) MALE 1, 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 COUNTRY PARK / TIBSHELF / DERBYSHIRE / ENGLAND

OS GRID REF: SK422599

Thanks to Steven Falk for the probable ID :)

This was taken on the Weddington Walk in Nuneaton, Warwickshire. The first attempt at this photo, using auto focus, had the bee slightly blurred in the background. I actually think i prefer the other photo, i'll upload it at a later date.

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

Home made adapter with reverse mounted Olympus OM prime lens. First test shots :)

Olympus digital camera

Shot with smc Pentax FA* 200mm f4 Macro.

BEE.

ALVECHURCH

A very small solitary bee. Testing out the new extension tubes.