#solitarybee
#SolitaryBee season open - signs of hatching around the hotel and if you look carefully you can see the white moustache of an orchard mason bee. Not much pollen about but cherry plum is coming into flower and the snowdrops are out and about. Forecast bit wet though... @ianbeavis.bsky.social
February 8, 2026 at 12:30 PM
I made a full edition of my alfalfa leafcutting bee (Megachile rotundata) cutting a leaf. The alfalfa leafcutting bee is a solitary bee originally from Europe which has been spread to all continents but Antartica for agriculture. 🐡🧪🐝

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#linocut #printmaking #Megachile #solitaryBee #pollinator
January 24, 2026 at 12:41 PM
An alternative photo of the Orange Vented Mason #bee that I recovered from the nest tubes. I think this lighting, and background is better for showing off the details of his mouthparts. #wildlifefrommywindow #invertebrates #insects #solitarybee #gardenwildlife #ukwildlife
January 12, 2026 at 1:09 PM
When I cleaned out the bee nests in Oct this ♂️ Orange Vented Mason #bee (correct me if I'm wrong!) was in a tube, having died at the back. I kept him for some 📷, this is a focus-stacked composite of 40+ pics. I love the detail on his tongue! #wildlifefrommywindow #solitarybee #invertebrates #insects
January 11, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Female Megachile willughbiella Leafcutter bee with leaf! 15/06/25, #RSPBMiddletonLakes #Megachile #solitarybee
January 9, 2026 at 10:37 AM
Female Andrena haemorrhoa bee, seen at #RSPBMiddletonLakes, 27/04/25 #solitarybee #bee #Andrena
January 9, 2026 at 9:57 AM
Female Hylaeus hyalinatus bee in my #Staffs garden 25/07/25 #solitarybee #bee
December 13, 2025 at 1:04 PM
A late female Colletes hederae from 08/11/25, Tamworth #bee #solitarybee #Colletes
November 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Colletes hederae still present at #RSPBMiddletonLakes, 18/10/25 #bee #solitarybee #Colletes
November 1, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Plenty of Colletes hederae, Ivy Bees, present at #RSPBMiddletonLakes, 28/09/25 #bee #solitarybee #Colletes
October 8, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Ashy mining bee. I really love this perspective on the subject. Head on and at eye level. I think my next few posts will be of the same angle...
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#solitarybee #pollinators #savethebees
September 2, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Colletes hederae, Ivy bees are back! Tamworth, #Staffs 30/08/25 #Colletes #IvyBee #Bee #solitarybee
August 30, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Slightly ropey photos but my 1st Melitta tricincta bee, seen 08/08/25 at Brandon Marsh, #Warwickshire @warwickshirewt.bsky.social #Melitta #solitarybee #bee
August 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Unexpectedly I located a further crimped leaf this morning, as the female Leaf cutter worked well until sunset

A South facing Verbascum Olypmpicum ~ Olympic Mullein

Also visited by both night/day pollinators amongst our crescent leaf nester collectors

#Solitarybee
July 30, 2025 at 10:05 AM
My eldest spotted this Wood Carving Leafcutter #solitarybee bedraggled on a thistle. She slowly perked up after the rain, and moved into a patch of sunshine. She's 'old', with tatty wings and damage to one eye, but gorgeous all the same. #wildlifefrommywindow #gardenwildlife #invertebrates #insects
July 29, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Worn Andrena flavipes? What do we all think? Seen at #RSPBMiddletonLakes 28/06/25 @liamolds.bsky.social @obeckett98.bsky.social #solitarybee #bee #Andrena
July 9, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Female Lasioglossum leucozonium bee from 09/06/25, my #Staffs garden #solitarybee #bee
July 8, 2025 at 7:04 PM
A female Osmia leaiana bee enjoying a Knapweed flower, seen 25/06/25, Tameside Nature Reserve, #Staffs #solitarybee #bee
July 8, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I could do with some #bee #invertID please. This little one has been foraging on the Queen Anne's Lace, but I'm struggling to work out what it is. #solitarybee #inverts #invertebrates
July 6, 2025 at 5:01 PM
A Common Furrow #bee foraging on the last of the Fox and Cub flowers (grown from seed from @jemimasgarden.bsky.social!). These flowers have been so popular with the smaller bee species, a great addition to the garden. #solitarybee #invertebrates #insect #wildlifefrommywindow #ukwildlife
July 6, 2025 at 3:55 PM
A very smart looking male Osmia leaiana bee, seen at #RSPBArne 28/05/25 #solitarybee #bee
July 5, 2025 at 12:34 PM
A very fresh looking Megachile versicolor bee, seen at #RSPBArne 28/05/25, a species I don't see often #solitarybee #bee
July 5, 2025 at 12:24 PM
A leafcutter bee foraging in the sun #Fridaybee #solitarybee 🐝 #theweethings ##beeFriday
July 4, 2025 at 5:53 AM
This is a short clip of the #leafcutterbee taken on my phone from one of her visits. #gardenwildlife #ukwildlife #insect #solitarybee #invertebrates #wildlifefrommywindow
July 1, 2025 at 4:29 PM