Phil Savoie / Hairy yellow-faced Bee (Hylaeus hyalinatus), with raindrop on head, visiting Common Houseleek (Sempervivum tectorum. At 3.5mm average size, this is one of the smallest bees in the UK) Monmouthshire, W...
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Nick Upton / Large number of male Ivy bees (Colletes hederae) flying over a grassy bank, searching for newly emerged females to mate with, Wiltshire, England, UK, September.
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Nick Upton / Large number of male Ivy bees (Colletes hederae) flying over a grassy bank, searching for newly emerged females to mate with, Wiltshire, England, UK, September.
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Nick Upton / Large number of male Ivy bees (Colletes hederae) flying over a grassy bank, searching for newly emerged females to mate with, Wiltshire, England, UK, September.
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Nick Upton / Large number of male Ivy bees (Colletes hederae) flying over a grassy bank, searching for newly emerged females to mate with, Wiltshire, England, UK, September.
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Nick Upton / Pair of mating Ivy bees (Colletes hederae) struggling to climb grass stems as many other males compete to mate, Wiltshire, England, UK, September.
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Andy Sands / Ivy bee (Colletes hederae) new species to the UK in 2001. Mating ball with many male bees swarm around emerging female, Oxfordshire, England, UK, October
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Andy Sands / Two male Plasterer bees (Colletes cunicularius) competing to mate with a female, Cornwall, England, May.
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Nick Upton / Ivy bee (Colletes hederae) a European solitary mining bee that only reached the UK in 2001 which is now spreading from the south coast to the midlands, heavily dusted with pollen from visiting flower...
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Chris Shields / Illustration of British bumblebees (Bombus sp.). Clockwise from top left: Cuckoo bee (Bombus (Psithyrus) sylyestris),Carder bee (Bombus sylvarum),New garden bumblebee or Tree bumblebee (Bombus hypnor...
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Nick Upton / Eroded bank in a coastal sand dune with many active burrows of solitary bees, including the Vernal colletes / Spring mining bee (Colletes cunicularius), Merthyr Mawr National Nature Reserve, Glamorgan...
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Phil Savoie / Little yellow-faced bee (Hylaeus pictipes), 3.5mm average size, one of the smallest bees in the UK, nesting in 1mm holes drilled in bee hotel, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, July.
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Phil Savoie / Little yellow-faced bee (Hylaeus pictipes), 3.5mm average size, one of the smallest bees in the UK, nesting in 1mm holes drilled in bee hotel, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, July.
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Phil Savoie / Little yellow-faced bee (Hylaeus pictipes), 3.5mm average size one of the smallest bees in the UK, nesting in 1mm holes drilled in bee hotel, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, July.
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Phil Savoie / Little yellow-faced bee (Hylaeus pictipes), 3.5mm average size, one of the smallest bees in the UK, nesting in 1mm holes drilled in bee hotel, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, July.
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Phil Savoie / Little yellow-faced bee (Hylaeus pictipes), 3.5mm average size, one of the smallest bees in the UK, nesting in 1mm holes drilled in bee hotel, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, July.
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Phil Savoie / Little yellow-faced bee (Hylaeus pictipes), 3.5mm average size, one of the smallest bees in the UK, nesting in 1mm holes drilled in bee hotel, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, July.
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Phil Savoie / Little yellow-faced bee (Hylaeus pictipes), 3.5mm average size, one of the smallest bees in the UK, nesting in 1mm holes drilled in bee hotel, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, July.
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Phil Savoie / Little yellow-faced bee (Hylaeus pictipes), 3.5mm average size, one of the smallest bees in the UK, nesting in 1mm holes drilled in bee hotel, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, July.
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Phil Savoie / Little yellow-faced bee (Hylaeus pictipes), 3.5mm average size, one of the smallest bees in the UK, nesting in Chive stems in bee hotel, female capping brood cells with resin she produces, Monmouthshi...
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Phil Savoie / Little yellow-faced bee (Hylaeus pictipes), 3.5mm average size, one of the smallest bees in the UK, nesting in 1mm holes drilled in bee hotel, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, July.
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Phil Savoie / Little yellow-faced bee (Hylaeus pictipes), 3.5mm average size, one of the smallest bees in the UK, nesting in 1mm holes drilled in bee hotel, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, July.
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Alan Williams / Colletes bees (Colletes daviesanus) mating on Ox-eye daisy (Leucoanthemum vulgare) in garden Cheshire, UK, June.
