Monday, May 25, 2009

Mud-mining Bees

There were about a dozen of these Osmia rufa females collecting mud from a damp wheel rut in Sandy on Saturday 23rd. The mud is used for nest cell partitions and nest sealing. (Thanks to Matt and Nico on the www.bwars.com forum for the ID).




Pictures by Keith Balmer

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