Now it feels like spring, and there are flowers and plenty of #SolitaryBees. The spring Andrenas are some of my most beloved bees - they're a sign of things getting warmer and brighter. They're also great #pollinators of wildflowers, and various crops such as #apple #strawberry #pear etc.

(IDs, I think: Andrena dorsata, Andrena flavipes, Andrena fulva, Andrena scotica - all common UK spring generalist species.)