BEE AND WASP PICTURES
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A Mining Bee (Andrena vaga), warming up in the spring sunshine of april 28th 2006. Photographed in the Groenlanden in the Ooijpolder near Nijmegen.    A Tawny Mining Bee (Andrena fulva) in Dal Palland near Beek, may 7th 2006.    Dolichomitus imperator in Dal Palland near Beek, october 8th 2006    A solitary bee, probably the mining bee Andrena flavipes, photographed april 8th 2007 in the Groenlanden in the Ooijpolder near Nijmegen.   

A Mining Bee (Andrena vaga), photographed in the Groenlanden near Nijmegen on april 10th 2007.    Hylaeus hyalinatus looking out of her nesthole in my first bee block, hanging on the wall on our balcony in the middle of the city centre. june 3rd 2007.    Solitary wasp, possibly an Ansistrocerus species, carrying a small ball of mud used to build a nest cell wall. Photographed june 3rd 2008.    Solitary bees, probably Megachile versicolor on one of my bee-blocks, june 4th 2008.   

A cuckoo wasp, probably Chrysis ignita, june 6th 2008.    Leafcutter bee, probably Megachile versicolor, carrying a rose leaf fragment into her nesthole, june 6th 2008.    A Cuckoo wasp inspecting one of the holes of my bee block. Photographed july 6th 2008.    Close up of one of the holes in my bee block, closed with resin camouflaged with wood chips, probably the work of Heriades truncorum. Photographed july 6th 2008.   

A solitary bee (species unknown, possibly Lasioglossum) working on closing off it's nesthole with, in this case, mud. See also the next picture for the finished work. Photographed july 6th 2008.    Close up of one of the holes in my bee block, closed with mud (unknown by what species). Photographed july 6th 2008.    A small (+/- 2 cm) ichneumon wasp on one of the bee-blocks in our backyard. See also the diary of july 6th 2008.    A tiny (about 4 mm) ichneumon wasp. Photographed in our garden on july 13th 2008.   
A wasp on Green Figwort (Scrophularia umbrosa). Photographed july 27th 2008 near the Kasteelselaan in Ubbergen.    A small solitary bee, (species unknown, possibly Lasioglossum) diving into one of the Black Mustard (Brassica nigra) flowers in our back garden, august 2nd 2008.    A small solitary bee, (species unknown, possibly Lasioglossum) on one of the Black Mustard (Brassica nigra) flowers in our back garden, august 2nd 2008.    A small solitary bee, (species unknown, possibly Lasioglossum) walked onto the lense of my camera while photographing it on august 2nd 2008.   

An ichneumon wasp on Hogweed in Dal Palland near Beek, august 9th 2008.    One of the bee blocks in our back garden, containing holes of 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3 and 2 mm. Photographed august 16th 2008.    Bundles of Elder (top) and Bramble (bottom) for solitary bees and wasps in our back garden. photographed august 16th 2008.    The unfinished nest of a potter wasp (Eumenes sp.), photographed august 16th 2008 in our back garden. (see also diary entry august 16th 2008)   

Picture 1, probably Heriades truncorum, coming out of the hole backwards after leaving the nectar from her crop. She then turned, see picture 2. Photographed august 16th 2008.    Picture 2, probably Heriades truncorum, going back in backwards to leave the pollen. Photographed august 16th 2008.    A wasp species in our back garden, photographed august 16th 2008.    A Hornet (Vespa crabro) on a bleeding tree near Dal Palland (near Beek), august 31st 2008.   


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