Tag Archives: Andrena

Now here’s a Miner bee!

Posted on May 15, 2014 by

In spring you may see lots of little bees emerging from the ground or your lawn. The ones I find are little brown Early Miner Bees. First are groups of them zooming around. These are the males, who emerge first. … Continue reading →

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Tiny bees in the raspberries

Posted on June 20, 2011 by

I wouldn’t be looking forward to so many fruits if it weren’t for the bees. And since National Pollinator Week starts today, it seemed like a good excuse to spend a little time this morning looking for bees. It never … Continue reading →

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Bees in the trees

Posted on April 30, 2011 by

The bees are in the trees, It’s a happy, buzzing breeze, Cause the bees are in the trees, And the pear blossoms are pleased, Down in the earth, up to the leaves, The miner bees are in the trees.

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Bees high and low

Posted on April 17, 2011 by

So the bees flying around the top of the butterfly bush aren’t miner bees after all. The miner bees are somewhere else.

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Bees in the berries

Posted on June 5, 2010 by

The bees are busy in the berries.  Lots of bumblebees rush from flower to flower in the raspberries. This one seems to be trying to choose between a berry in progress and a fresh flower. So many berries, so little … Continue reading →

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Three bees

Posted on May 6, 2010 by

I still have nothing more to say about the flowers from yesterday. I want to talk about the bees, starting with the cuckoo bee up to its neck in dandelion. Like the birds, they lay their eggs in other bees … Continue reading →

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Mining for miner bees

Posted on April 27, 2010 by

When I was digging up some of the swallow-wort yesterday, I got an unexpectedly close-up look at one of the little brown bees I’ve seen darting around down on the ground and up in the fruit trees. Plus this was … Continue reading →

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