Kun viime kesänä valokuvasin pihan elämää, sain kuviin ainoana mehiläislajina vain tarhamehiläisiä. Nyt toissa viikonloppuna onnistuin bongaamaan myös verimaamehiläisen, käsittääkseni. Se ei kai ole mitenkään harvinainen, mutta mulle uusi havainto, kivaa!
/ The weekend before last, I spotted for the first time this mining bee, Andrena haemorrhoa, in our garden. #mehiläiset #maamehiläiset #verimaamehiläinen #bees #MiningBees #AndrenaHaemorrhoa

New bee species for the garden this morning - a Milwaukee mining bee. Enjoying my Canada anemone.

#bees #miningbees #pollinators #canadaanemone #yxe #nativeplants #wildlifegardening

New bee species for the garden, the first new one for 2025, and the 25th one overall.

Andrena hipottes, the orange-legged mining bee.

#pollinators #miningbees #wildlifegardening #yxe #insectphotography

I went out to the Crocus Prairie here in Saskatoon, right after work, and was awarded with some wonderful prairie pasqueflower. And then I spotted this Frigid Mining Bee (Andrena frigida), the first one I have ever seen. These little wonders are put very early, even while there is some snow left on the ground.

#frigidminingbee #miningbees #pollinators #yxe #crocus #prairiepasqueflowers #urbannature

A colony of mining bees at Hogganfield Loch in the east of Gladgow. These solitary bees dig nests into sandy soil, creating these distinctive piles of excavated sand on the surface. You can see one of the bees itself in the bottom left of the picture.

#glasgow #hogganfieldloch #bees #miningbees #glasgowwildlife #urbannature #urbanwildlife #wildglasgow

First mining bee of the season, Andrena sp., leisurely feasting on rosemary flowers. Cambridge, UK.

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/266811874

#iNaturalist #Hymenoptera #nativebees #miningbees #entomology #Pembroke1347

Mining Bees (Genus Andrena)

Mining Bees from Pembroke College, Cambridge, Anglaterra, GB on March 24, 2025 at 01:33 PM by Albert Cardona. Stylopised? See second and seventh photos. On rosemary flowers.

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There is much excitement today. The mining bees that have been in my lawn for 34* years have expanded to a flowerbed around the back.
*They could have been here for a thousand years, I've only lived here 34. #MiningBees #SolitaryBees #GoodNews.
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On one of our mad holiday walks we came across this mud bank with hundreds of bee mines. It was fairly early in the morning and only a few bees were about, I got a very bad photo of the bee in question but cant ID. Any suggestions? Western Scottish highlands.
#bees
#miningbees