Flatbush Gardener 🌈 · @xris
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The Bee Guy · @thebeeguy
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Good afternoon.

Pause.
Spend a moment with a shower soaked wee mining bee.
You’ll be better for it.

Quick fact: Of the 20,000 or so bee species on the over 90% are .






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The Bee Guy · @thebeeguy
2032 followers · 761 posts · Server mastodon.ie

Not to be outdone by the bumbles showing up yesterday this little guy put in an appearance today. Hanging around in the cold and rain waiting for the girls to show up he seemed happy for the warmth of human skin for a while.



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Mary C Legg · @pogomcl
170 followers · 1017 posts · Server ohai.social

Yellow–legged Mining Bee, Andrena flavipes Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/13 1/250 iso 400 Milovice, CZE July 7, 2009

#hymenoptera #bees #pollinators #insects #apidae #miningbees #insectphotography #canon

Last updated 2 years ago

Flatbush Gardener 🌈 · @xris
500 followers · 4615 posts · Server ecoevo.social

Some species can be multivoltine: two generations in a single year, with peak activity in different seasons, e.g.: Spring + Summer. I've only thought of them as spring-flying, though I have some June observations from my garden.

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Last updated 2 years ago