Wednesday, March 5, 2014
The Bees Knees
I followed her to an unlikely looking small hole under some leaves which I guess is the new nest-in-progress.
I will be careful not to stick a fork in there in the coming months!
Not a real bee but a fly - a Bee Fly - Bombylius major, a fast wee fellow who did his best to elude my lens!
Whether a true bumble bee or just a cuckoo bee? Its all in the hairiness of the legs!
The Bumble Bee Conservation Trust has a super helpful identification webpage if you want to get that close!
On a neighbouring Skimmia another Queen, this looks like the red tailed Bombus lapidarius.
The skimmia smells like pure honey with the sun on it, I am not surprised it is full of bees. Not as full as our chimney mind you - that is where these honey bees have nested for the past few years - It gets quite noisy sometimes!
Not a real bee but a fly - a Bee Fly - Bombylius major, a fast wee fellow who did his best to elude my lens!
Whether a true bumble bee or just a cuckoo bee? Its all in the hairiness of the legs!
The Bumble Bee Conservation Trust has a super helpful identification webpage if you want to get that close!
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