Apr 25, 2019
This ivy bee species colonised in the UK in 2001 when it was first recorded in Dorset
Photograph: Steven Falk/CEH
(via The week in wildlife – in pictures | Environment | The Guardian)
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This ivy bee species colonised in the UK in 2001 when it was first recorded in Dorset
Photograph: Steven Falk/CEH
(via The week in wildlife – in pictures | Environment | The Guardian)
Ivy Bee, Colletes hederae , a relative newcomer to our native fauna, first described in 1993 and only in Britain since 2001 or so. It is spreading north. The are a solitary bee, each female builds it’s own cell for it’s young, but they nest in large colonies..