mining bee – Page 4 – Jill Orme Photography

10 Apr 2020

Tawny

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Flowers and plants, Invertebrates, My garden, Trees, Worcestershire | 0

I wouldn’t normally try to photograph a small bee with a long lens, except for recording purposes, and I only used the big gear today because the solitary bees were being more skittish than usual, and I was trying to … Continued

8 Apr 2020

Buffish

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

Bee of the day: Andrena nigroaenea, the buffish mining bee. I’ve always thought the common name was strange: why buffish? Buff is a pale brown colour, and buffish suggests something that’s ‘sort of’ pale brown. These striking bees aren’t ‘sort … Continued

31 Mar 2020

Hubs

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

A week ago I posted a lovely female tawny mining bee, and said that the male is nondescript by comparison. And to prove it – here he is. In fact, because I had a better view of his bum than … Continued

25 Mar 2020

Embracing the grey

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

Bee of the day: Andrena cineraria, the ashy mining bee. I heard someone asking an “expert” on a television programme yesterday if it was time for women whose hairdressers have closed for the duration of the CV crisis to stop … Continued

24 Mar 2020

Foxy

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

Bee of the day: Andrena fulva, the tawny mining bee. The honey bee sized females are absolutely unmistakeable – I spotted this very fresh specimen from about five metres away, and knew immediately what she was. The males are much … Continued

2 Mar 2020

Transition

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Birds, Gloucestershire, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

A very busy day: A trip to Stratford this morning for blood tests (sigh). Back at home, an hour’s gardening (eeurgh) with R. Some bug photography (yay!). A quick late-afternoon visit to the owl field (brrrrr). Choir practice in Pershore … Continued

25 Mar 2019

Plush

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

This is my first female Andrena fulva of the year, and I think she’s gorgeous in her red and black plush outfit. She’s about the size of a honey bee, and with that dramatic colouring is one of the most … Continued

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