The discovery of mining bees in Simon Ritchie s parents garden inspired him to read up on these scarce burrowing insects There are more than 1 300 species of mining bee around the world However only a fraction of these species are known to occur in Scotland making the task of identifying the find a little easier for Nature Reserve Assistant Simon…
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Get Price[All pictures of garden wildlife on this page are thumbnails Click on any thumbnail for a large format to be displayed ] Mining Bees Andrena species Another big group of European bees the mining bees genus Andrena Most of them belong to the genus Andrena In moderate zones this genus is represented by well over 100 species
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Get PriceThe tawny mining bee Andrena fulva is a European species of the sand bee Andrena genus The males are 10 12 mm 0 4 0 5 in and the females 8 10 mm 0 3 0 4 in long The female is covered with fox red hair on the dorsal surface of its thorax and abdomen and black hair on its head and ventral surface
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Get PriceWhen to see it March to May Life History It mates in spring after which the male dies and the female starts to build a nest Sometimes more than a hundred females build nests in a few square metres but the Tawny Mining Bee normally does not create a colony each female has her own nest The nest is a vertical shaft 200 to 300 mm 8 to 12 in
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Get PriceFun Facts about the Mining Bee Unlike her honey bee relatives the mining bee forgoes colony living and strikes out on her own Having loaded up her hind legs with pollen she flutters a few inches above the ground searching for sandy soil to form her nest Using her legs she clears out a deep burrow
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