Nomada flava Panzer, 1798

5 images stack. Quick pre-processing in DarkTable, stacking in Zerene Stacker, basic processing in GIMP, quick sharpening in Microsoft Photos.

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Nomada sp? (fam. Apidae)

[ES] Una foto difícil, con mucho viento y con el sol "de culo". Ha quedado regu, pero me encantan las abejitas que duermen agarradas con las mandíbulas a la vegetación. No estoy seguro, pero por comparación de fotos me parece del género Nomada; de la especie ya ni idea.
Tienen una biología interesante: se parecen a avispas y no recolectan polen, por lo que tienen poco pelo (la mía es bastante peluda comparada con tras especies). Son cleptoparásitas (como el cuco): ponen un huevo en una celda abierta de nidos de Andrena sp (otra abeja). Cuando la larva nace, mata a su compañera de celda y se zampa el acopio de néctar y polen que le dejó su madre (¡qué cabrona!).
Más información (en inglés): https://www.nhsn.org.uk/nomad-bees/

[EN] This photo was difficult to take, with a strong wind and the sun hitting from the back, so it didn't turn out well, but I like how it hangs on the twig with its mandibles. I'm not sure, but I think it belongs to the genus Nomada.
These bees have a very interesting biology: they look like wasps and they don't collet pollen, so they haven't got much hair (mine is hairy compared to other species from the genus). They are cleptoparastes (like the cuckoo): they lay one egg in an open cell of the nest of Andrena sp (another bee) and when it hatches, the larva kills its cellmate and eats all the pollen and nectar its mother collected for it.
More information: https://www.nhsn.org.uk/nomad-bees/

2026/05/10, provincia de/province of Cáceres (Spain).

Equipo/Equipment: Canon EOS 400D + Tamron SP 90 mm f/2.8 Di MACRO 1:1
ISO 800, s 1/200, f/8,0. A pulso/Handheld.

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Bees That Come Out of the Ground?!

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Comparative Analysis of the Complete Mitochondrial Genome of Apis laboriosa (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae) - #Apislaboriosa #completemitogenome #phylogeneticrelationship #Apis #mitogenome #Apidae #mitochondria #mitochondrialgenome - https://link.springer.com/article/10.3103/S0095452725060076
Comparative Analysis of the Complete Mitochondrial Genome of Apis laboriosa (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae) - Cytology and Genetics

Abstract Apis laboriosa Smith is the largest bee in the genus Apis, and it is mainly distributed in Yunnan and Tibet regions in China. In this study, two complete mitogenomes of A. laboriosa from Luding and Dehong were obtained through Illumina sequencing, and the phylogenetic relationship among different geographical populations of A. laboriosa was determined. The entire mitogenomes of A. laboriosa are 15 546 (Luding) and 15 239 (Dehong) bp in length, respectively. The A. laboriosa mitogenome contains 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 22 tRNA genes, 2 rRNA genes, and a control region rich in A + T. The maximum likelihood phylogenetic tree using 13 PCGs reveals that A. laboriosa from Dehong and Shangri-La clustered together and form a sister taxon to Luding. This study provides data for an in-depth exploration of the genetic diversity of A. laboriosa and layes a scientific foundation for the conservation of this species.

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There was still a goldenrod (𝘚𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘨𝘰 sp.) in flower at our last Thompson Park hike, and it had a little eastern bumblebee (𝘉𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘶𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘴) friend:

(Check out the proboscis!)

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Another guest picture taken by my teen: an eastern bumblebee (𝘉𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘶𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘴) on chicory (𝘊𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘶𝘮 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘺𝘣𝘶𝘴)

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I went to the zoo yesterday! Lots of cool animals, but you guys get bees and otters.

First the bees, doing their bumbly things. Buzzing. Contemplating honey.

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