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Gallery - Bees

[booksforbees1]books and stuff for bees

Books and stuff you might be interested in;o)


[hbee3]Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)

A social bee living in permanent colonies of perhaps 50000 individuals.


Bumble Bees (Bombus)

Relatively large and very hairy social bees of the genus Bombus. They form annual colonies, with only mated queens surviving the winter to start new colonies in the spring.


[buff1]Buff-tailed Bumble Bee (Bombus Terrestris)

Very Common Bumble Bee, nests below ground.


[rtb2]Red-Tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)

Male seen only in late summer.Often nests under stones


[wtbb1]White-Tailed Bumble Bee (Bombus lucorum)

20-40mm. one of several simlar bees, but the bright yellow bands distiguish it Queens spend a lot of time at flowers in spring.They usually nest just under the ground, often in old mouse holes.


[cbee3]Carder Bee (Bombus pascuorum)

Very common bumble bee, particulary fond of dead-nettle flowers.Nest normally built in rough grass.


Mining Bees (Andrena Andrenidae)

A large genus with many species superficially like honey bees. Abdomen often rather flat, 3 sub-marginals. Tounge short and pointed. Andrena species generaly nest in ground and apear mainly in spring.


[a.cin2]Mining Bee (Andrena cineria)

One of several species of mining bee



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