Any Bee experts out there ID needed

[Terry]

Following on from my earlier post Moving In I've been watching the bughouse and it seems there is more than one species of Bee using it.

 

This one I think is a Leaf Cutter Bee

 

I'm not certain about this one. Anyone any ideas

 

[colinb]

no idea - but they are rather bright and sharp may I ask what lens you are using?

[Terry]

Hi Colin

Its a Tamron 90 mm macro

[Paul]

Terry - this is the mason bee - they use mud to construct their nests inside of the burrows they choose to inhabit.

 

Paul.

[FUJI]

Hi, Terry

The ones that use my drilled logs are.....Nomadic Bees......they choose any suitable hole, natural ir man made, then collect pollen, lay eggs, the hole is then sealed with a mixture of collected mud and bee saliva.

As far as I know, up to three larvae hatch out, they eat the polle, then after some time metamorphose into bees, they cut their own way out of the hole.

It will be worth Googling them, or looking on YouTube.

FUJI

[Terry]

Thanks folks that's great information. I've been surprised just how quickly the bug house has been occupied.