James Dunbar / Sweat bee (Lasioglossum) condensing nectar on a Thistle (Cirsium) flower, England, UK, September.
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Solvin Zankl / Poppy bee (Osmia papaveris / Hoplitis papaveris) bringing bundled Common poppy (Papaver rhoeas) petals to front of nest hole. The animal unfolds the pieces and carefully lines the sandy walls with the...
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Solvin Zankl / Poppy bee (Osmia papaveris / Hoplitis papaveris) cutting pieces of Common poppy (Papaver rhoeas) from the petal with its mandibles. These pieces are as large as a fingernail. The animal bundles the pi...
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Solvin Zankl / Poppy bee (Osmia papaveris / Hoplitis papaveris) entering frame and landing on Common poppy (Papaver rhoeas). The animal starts to bundle the petal and cut pieces off with its mandibles. These pieces...
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Solvin Zankl / Poppy bee (Osmia papaveris / Hoplitis papaveris) cutting pieces of Common poppy (Papaver rhoeas) from the petal with its mandibles. These pieces are as large as a fingernail. The animal bundles the pi...
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Solvin Zankl / Poppy bee (Osmia papaveris / Hoplitis papaveris) cutting pieces of Common poppy (Papaver rhoeas) from the petal with its mandibles. These pieces are as large as a fingernail. The animal bundles the pi...
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Solvin Zankl / Poppy bee (Osmia papaveris / Hoplitis papaveris) entering frame and landing on Common poppy (Papaver rhoeas). The animal starts to bundle the petal and cut pieces off with its mandibles. These pieces...
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Solvin Zankl / Poppy bee (Osmia papaveris / Hoplitis papaveris) cutting off a piece of Common poppy (Papaver rhoeas) petal with its mandibles. The piece is as large as a fingernail. The animal bundles the piece und...
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Solvin Zankl / Poppy bee (Osmia papaveris / Hoplitis papaveris) cutting off a piece of Common poppy (Papaver rhoeas) petal with its mandibles. The piece is as large as a fingernail. Bamberg, Germany.
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Juergen Freund / Blue banded bee (Amegilla chlorocyanea) collecting nectar from basil flower, Australia.
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Carlos Zorrilla / Close up of male Orchid bee (Euglossini sp.) gathering nectar from an orchid (Lycomormium ecuadorense) flower, Ecuador, April.
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Carlos Zorrilla / Euglossine bees (Euglossa sp.) pollinating Lycomormium ecuadorense orchid one with pollinia on back, Ecuador, April.