Solitary Bees

April is a good time to find solitary bees emerging from their bee hotels.  Maybe the mild winter or the fact that Lidl and Aldi have been selling bee hotels has meant that there have been a lot this year.  Here are a few examples that have been feeding around Glebe Cottages.

Tawny Mining Bee (Male) having a rest. Andrena fulva

Yellow-legged Mining Bee in cute face-wiping pose - Andrena flavipes

Hairy-footed Flower Bee helping herself to nectar from our rosemary bush - Anthophora plumipes