#sand bee

[cyanogen-miasma]

this nice bee stopped on a signpost and posed for a picture for me! (/j, I know the bee was not thinking of me when it decided to rest upon the signpost)

Seek IDed it as a Tawny Mining Bee, and, while I don't completely trust Seek (I've had some interesting things happen like it IDing my toy shark as a guinea pig very confidently and IDing a peregrine falcon as a tiger) I think in this case it checks out.

10/10 bee, would recommend

[gncrevan]

check put my new fuzzy buzzy friends! 🐝

[image description: eight square photos of bees collecting the pollen from a large lavender plant. they appear to be mining bees and one bumblebee.]

[agoldcirclewithinacircle]

[astronomy-to-zoology]

Ashy Mining Bee (Andrena cineraria)

Also known as the grey mining bee, the ashy mining bee is a solitary species of sand bee (Andrena spp.) which is widespread throughout Europe. Ashy mining bees can bee seen in flight from April to early June, with adults pollinating flowering fruit trees, and various wildflowers. 

Classification

Animalia-Arthropoda-Insecta-Hymenoptera-Andrenidae-Andreninae-Andrena-A. cineraria

Image: orangeaurochs

[soniabicker]

"Not only the thirsty seek the water, the water as well seeks the thirsty."

- Rumi.

[soniabicker]

Even the tiniest things can be miracles :)