Phil Savoie / Painted nomad bee (Nomada fucata) male with characteristic green eyes, feeding on Dandelion (Taraxacum offinicale) Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. April

Phil Savoie / Painted nomad bee (Nomada fucata) male with characteristic green eyes, sleeping with jaws locked onto grass blade, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. April

Andy Sands / Gooden's nomad bee (Nomada goodeniana) a cuckoo bee that lays her eggs in the nests of various large Andrena bees, Hertfordshire, England, UK. April

Andy Sands / Cuckoo bee / Nomad bee (Nomada flava) cuckoo bee who lays her eggs in the nests of various andrena bees, Hertfordshire, England, UK, May

Alex Hyde / Cuckoo bee (Nomada leucophthalma) about to enter the nest burrow of Miner Bee (Andrena clarkella). The cuckoo bee is cleptoparasitic, laying its eggs in nests of other bees in order that their parasit...

Rod Williams / Gooden's Nomad Bee (Nomada goodeniana) feeding on Cinquefoil (Potentilla) Lewisham, London,

MYN / Matt Cole / Nomad Bee (Nomada ruficornis) sleeping on a conifer by clasping the needle with mandibles. Suburban garden, Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire, UK, April. meetyourneighbours.net project

Andy Sands / Nomad bee (Nomada flava) a 'cuckoo bee' who lays its eggs in the nests of various Andrena bees, Herfordshire, England, UK, May

Nick Upton / Nomad / Cuckoo Bee (Nomada fulvicornis) sun basking on a leaf, Wiltshire garden, UK, April.

Nick Upton / Cuckoo / Yellow nomad bee (Nomada flava) feeding on Mock orange flower (Philadelphus coronarius 'Aureus') garden, Wiltshire, UK, June

Nick Upton / Cuckoo / Yellow nomad bee (Nomada flava) feeding on Mock orange flower (Philadelphus coronarius 'Aureus') garden, Wiltshire, UK, June

Kim Taylor / Cuckoo Bee (Nomada fulvicornis) flying up from Green Alkanet flower (Pentaglottis sempervirens). UK