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mynictle.bsky.social
Tawny mining bee gathering pollen... #bees #miningbees #tawnyminingbee #insects #invertebrates #willow #pollen #yellow #photography #wildlifephotography #nature #RSPB #Yorkshire #sunshine
April 11, 2025 at 11:14 PM
rockwolf74.bsky.social
Good to finally see some solitary bees, with the gorgeous Andrena cineraria (Ashy Mining Bee) and an 'unknown' Andrena sp at lunchtime today! #Bees #Hymenoptera #MiningBees
March 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM
bathnature.bsky.social
A freshly-emerged female Tawny Mining Bee (Andrena fulva).
In #Bath #Somerset #UK
#Nature #Wildlife #UKWildlife #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #NatureCommunity #Insects #Insect #Bee #Bees #MiningBees #Hymenoptera
A bright orange hairy bee with a black head
March 29, 2025 at 7:23 PM
tillingtonchum.bsky.social
Nearby, there are houses with garden banks abutting the road. Yesterday, 3 of them were buzzing with dozens of mining bees. Mostly Yellow-legged Mining Bees, but good numbers of Cliff Mining Bees. Best of all was seeing the crowd of Black Oil Beetles.
#bees #MiningBees #beetles #UKwildlife
March 15, 2026 at 3:57 PM
thisismyglasgow.bsky.social
A nice little find on a grass verge today. A small colony of mining bees, possibly tawny mining bees, which are relatively common in the south of the UK, but were only first recorded in Scotland in 2010.

#glasgow #urbanwildlife #miningbees #nature #bees
April 7, 2026 at 6:19 PM
chrishroom.bsky.social
Lots of gorgeous Andrena fulva flying in a sunny Oxford today#miningbees #entomology #nature
April 1, 2025 at 4:46 PM
thisismyglasgow.bsky.social
A colony of mining bees at Hogganfield Loch in the east of Gladgow. These solitary bees dig nests into sandy soil, creating these distinctive piles of excavated sand on the surface.

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#glasgow #hogganfieldloch #bees #miningbees #glasgowwildlife #urbannature #urbanwildlife #wildglasgow
March 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
tillingtonchum.bsky.social
Yesterday we revisited the local mining bee banks where I previously claimed on iRecord (15.03.26) that there were up to 200 Yellow-legged Mining Bees present. However, this time there were at least 2000 of them, and more banks active. A wonderful sight.
#bees #MiningBees #UKwildlife
March 23, 2026 at 9:09 PM
tillingtonchum.bsky.social
Suddenly it’s all go in our dry garden. Mining bee holes In abundance today.
#bees #MiningBees #ento #UKwildlife
April 7, 2024 at 6:04 PM
thisismyglasgow.bsky.social
You can see one of the bees itself in the bottom left of the picture.

#glasgow #hogganfieldloch #bees #miningbees #glasgowwildlife #urbannature #urbanwildlife #wildglasgow
March 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
edwardnathan.bsky.social
#pineapplelily is doing beautifully, #creepingthyme too. #pnw #pnwgardening #mygarden #gardenflowers #gardenplants #beegarden Discovered we have #miningbees (2nd picture) in the garden #andrenaspp #pollinatorgarden #flowers #gardenbiodiversity #bees #pollinatorgarden #gardenfeed #beefeed
August 7, 2026 at 10:12 AM
tillingtonchum.bsky.social
On a local walk, there are a couple of houses fronted by earthy banks which are home to mining bees. They’re currently buzzing with Andrena flavipes, hosts to the Painted Nomad Bee, Nomada fucata. I fear we have bee-bank envy.
#bees #MiningBees #ento #UKwildlife
April 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
stevetypesstuff.bsky.social
Possibly one for @thatonecreature.bsky.social

Dodgy iPhone photos but mining bees are busy on the verge next to our house.

One might be Ashy Mining Bee (Andrena cineraria), the other I’m not so sure about. A gingery/brown thorax but distinct pale grey bands on the thorax.
#bees
#MiningBees
A bee with grey bands on the thorax and front of head. A mining bee with gingery-brown hair on the thorax and distinct pale grey bands on the abdomen.
April 8, 2026 at 7:42 AM
viccbrown.bsky.social
Bee of the day.
Female Andrena tibialis (Grey-gastered Mining Bee).
Excuse the strange background, she had landed on a bathroom mat on the washing line!

S. Cambridgeshire - 29/5/26.

#Bees #MiningBees
May 29, 2026 at 6:02 PM
aitchteadrinker.bsky.social
I have got #MiningBees #UKBees #Bees #UKInsects #Pollinators #NoMowMay over the past few years has paid off. www.youtube.com/shorts/PTYUo...
Mining Bees
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April 24, 2025 at 10:48 PM
viccbrown.bsky.social
Andrena tibialis (Grey-gastered Mining Bee) this afternoon.

Andrena tibialis is widespread but very localised in England north to Yorkshire.
A fairly regular visitor to my S. Cambridgeshire garden each spring.

#Bees #MiningBees
May 5, 2026 at 3:08 PM
msjessegray.bsky.social
Large Andrena lady on the Oceanspray showing off her wasp waist and downy fur jacket.

Andrena/mining bee on Holodiscus discolor, a local hallmark of early summer.

July 2025
#dailybee #bcnativebees #bcnativeplants #andrena #miningbees #holidiscus
A large brown bee is hanging off the end of a cluster of tiny cream blossoms. She has reddish blonde fur on her body and on the top of her head that is catching the sunlight, and auburn coloured wings.
July 7, 2025 at 4:46 AM
richardhalftwo.bsky.social
Ashy Mining Bee, 1st of the year, in my garden.
#Bees #MiningBees #solitarybees
June 4, 2025 at 11:19 AM
vernal3.bsky.social
Here’s a great example.
#Adrena #miningbees #Hymenoptera #Bugsky #invertebrates #nature

Any, none, or all of these (other) hashtags.
April 13, 2025 at 3:42 PM
davidsmithartist.bsky.social
Cliff Mining Bee, Andrena thoracica, spotted on our walk yesterday. It didn't linger at any flower long enough for me to focus on on, and I didn't have time to try and get better footage as I had to keep up with the others.
#SolitaryBees #Andrena #MiningBees #Hymenoptera
July 7, 2025 at 9:29 PM
caitrionalee.bsky.social
Beach tholltach le brístí álainn buí ag iarraidh teach beag a thógáil sa chlaí inniu - Andrena sp.? Mining bee with yellow trousers digging a tunnel. #MiningBees
March 30, 2025 at 5:57 PM
louthlocaldev.bsky.social
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#MiningBees #WildBees #Pollinators
How to identify and record Ireland's mining bees (Andrena)
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March 27, 2025 at 2:15 PM
duleyp.bsky.social
A new #solitarybee for me today. A ♀️ Fabricius' Nomad #bee! Exciting, as it's a new observation in the garden but also as the #miningbees that it relies on for its lifecycle are also species I've not seen before. Will keep 'em peeled! #wildlifefrommywindow #gardenwildlife #invertebrates #invert
A small bee, filling the photo frame as it rests on a large reed leaf. She is sitting with her wings algined along her body, with a yellow mark on the side of her abdomen just visible. She's mainly dark coloured, with some light fur on her thorax beneath the wing roots. Her antennae have a red band near the base, and yellow tips.
May 5, 2025 at 4:41 PM
susancrick.bsky.social
Over 5 million #miningbees discovered nesting in cementary! phys.org/news/2026-04... #nativebees
Beneath this cemetery, 5.5 million wild bees form a giant underground city vital to spring pollination
To save money, Rachel Fordyce parked her car for free at Ithaca's East Hill Plaza and walked through East Lawn Cemetery to her job as a technician in an entomology lab on Cornell's campus. One spring ...
phys.org
April 17, 2026 at 3:50 AM
tq2611.bsky.social
Watched an agglomeration of Ivy Bee Colletes hederae yesterday at the Devil's Dyke, on an steeply inclined unofficial path at the Devil's Dyke. Fascinating - got me thinking? #Hymenoptera #MiningBees #IvyBees @buglife.bsky.social #behaviour #ethology
Are some solitary, mining Ivy Bees, better at re-finding their nests than others? Observing a large agglomeration of Colletes hederae nests at the Devil’s Dyke. 12.09.26
Colletes hederae was recorded as new to Britain in 2001 when Ian Cross discovered specimens at Langton Matravers in Dorset. Since then, the bee has spread across much of southern England (as f…
simelliottnaturenotes.blog
September 13, 2026 at 6:03 AM