Early Bees

It’s no longer at all “early”, but it was nice to see two early bees this week: Early Bumblebee (Bombus pratorum, #179) and Early Mining Bee (Andrena haemorrhoa, #445). There’s no longer many mining bees around, but these Early Mining Bees, with their rufus-red hair on the thorax (and somewhat on the tail), were showing well on Pyracantha blossom. While there are plenty of bumble bees enjoying the foxgloves, I don’t see Early Bumblebee very often so I was happy to get a snap of this one, with its lemon yellow front and orange-yellow bottom, taking a rest on the garden shed.

#179 Early Bumblebee (Bombus pratorum)

#445 Early Mining Bee (Andrena haemorrhoa)