[in the hills]

They're common but last week I spotted for the first time a very beautiful little bee ...... a tawny mining bee.


I'm making an effort this year to look more closely and try and identify the different species of bee.

[Fleecewife]

Brilliant [member=24384]in the hills[/member] 


I'm a bit disappointed that my idea of noting all the bees and all the flowers they are on and when they are around has fallen by the wayside.  I do understand though that lambing time isn't the best time for people to be able to look around them.  But if having this thread has encouraged you to think more about our native bees and to learn to identify some, as it has me, then I'm delighted 

[Penninehillbilly]

I hadn't had a full walk round yet, but this morning, lots of buzzing,, pink lamium had carder bee on, over the lane the yellow lamium had something buzzing but I couldn't see it, a few late flowering currant flowers had a very noisy bee, only had a glimpse though, I think one must have been looking for a nest, because it disappeared under the undergrowth, looked mainly black, narrow orange band at front and one near rear, but difficult to see properly.
Lovely to hear all that buzzing though.