Masonry Bees

[planetgeli]

Had one of these dead on my doorstep yesterday. Its extremely long horn, which looked even longer than the one in this picture, looked proper scary. But it's a beefly, which is a fly, not a bee. 12 hours later some scavenger had eaten it.

 

[Callie]

^^^ get lots of those in my garden. theyre cute! also lots of different bees I keep trying to take pics of them but they are too fst

 

[StoneRoad]

A couple of days ago, we had to remove (from inside the window) the most ginormous queen bumble bee. She was the biggest I've seen in the past decade., easily 2" (40mm) over body length ... too busy getting her back outside to snap a picture, hope she takes up residence locally.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I’ve got these now. Google says they are not remotely interested in stinging me so it’s just quite a nice thing to watch them going in and out the little holes in the sunny front of the house.

Got any pictures? Bees of all types are great, but especially ones that can eat bricks.

 

[SheilaNaGig]

Here's a short little film about how to make homes for mason bees, and why thats a good thing to do.