Andy Sands / Resin Bee (Heriades truncorum) sealing the end of a nesting tube in a garden Bee hotel with resin, Hertfordshire, England, UK, June

Andy Sands / Resin bee (Heriades truncorum) this small Bee uses resin to seal her nest cells until recently a rare species of lowland heath they can now be found nesting in garden bee hotels across southern Englan...

Andy Sands / Resin Bee (Heriades truncorum) In flight approaching garden bee hotel the distinctive yellow pollen brush is clearly visible, Hertfordshire, England, UK, June

Kim Taylor / Ruby-tailed wasp (Chrysis ignita) feeding on Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) Surrey, England, July.

Kim Taylor / Ruby-tailed wasp (Chrysis ignita) feeding on Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) Surrey, England, July.

Andy Sands / Chrysid wasp (Chrysis ignita) parasitic cuckoo wasp on Corn marigold flower, Hertfordshire, England, UK, July

Andy Sands / Chrysid wasp (Chrysis ignita) parasitic cuckoo wasp on dead tree, Oxfordshire, England, UK, August

Andy Sands / Cuckoo wasp (Hedychridium ardens) tiny wasp that is a cleptoparasite in the nest of other species, Cornwall, England, UK. June

Andy Sands / Cuckoo wasp (Elampus panzeri) tiny wasp that is a cleptoparasite in the nests of wasp of the genus Mimesa, Surrey, England, UK. June

Andy Sands / Chrysid wasp (Chrysis ignita) parasitic cuckoo wasp on old wall, Cornwall, England, UK, June

Andy Sands / Chrysid wasp (Chrysis ignita) parasitic cuckoo wasp on leaf, Cornwall, England, UK, June

Andy Sands / Ruby tailed jewel / Cuckoo wasp (Hedychridium roseum) cleptoparasite in the nests of the Digger wasp (Astata boops) Surrey, England, UK. June