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Nick Upton / Ivy bee (Colletes hederae) mating ball, showing a mass of males clustered around a female recently emerged from her burrow, Wiltshire, England, UK, September.
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Nick Upton / Miltogrammine fly (Miltogramma punctata), a bee parasite, lurking near Heather Colletes bee (Colletes succinctus) burrows on sandy heathland, Dorset, UK. September.
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Nick Upton / Female Vernal colletes / Spring mining bee (Colletes cunicularius) sunning itself on sand on a coastal sand dune, Merthyr Mawr National Nature Reserve, Glamorgan, Wales, UK. April.
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Nick Upton / Female Vernal colletes / Spring mining bee (Colletes cunicularius) entering its nest burrow in a coastal sand dune, Merthyr Mawr National Nature Reserve, Glamorgan, Wales, UK. April.
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Nick Upton / Female Vernal colletes / Spring mining bee (Colletes cunicularius) excavating a nest burrow in a coastal sand dune, Merthyr Mawr National Nature Reserve, Glamorgan, Wales, UK. April.
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Nick Upton / Eroded bank in a coastal sand dune with many active burrows of solitary bees, including the Vernal colletes / Spring mining bee (Colletes cunicularius), Merthyr Mawr National Nature Reserve, Glamorgan...
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Nick Upton / Heather colletes bee (Colletes succinctus) approaching its burrow in sandy bank in heathland, Dorset, UK. September.
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Nick Upton / Heather colletes bee (Colletes succinctus) starting to excavate burrow with its jaws in sandy bank in heathland, Dorset, UK. September.
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Philippe Clement / Plasterer bee / Davies' colletes (Colletes daviesanus) collecting pollen and pollinating Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare) in flower, Belgium. August.
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Alan Williams / Colletes bees (Colletes daviesanus) mating on Ox-eye daisy (Leucoanthemum vulgare) in garden Cheshire, UK, June.
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Nick Upton / Hairy-saddled Colletes bee (Colletes fodiens) emerging from its nest burrow in a sandy bank, Merthyr Mawr National Nature Reserve, Glamorgan, Wales, UK, September.
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Nick Upton / Hairy-saddled Colletes bee (Colletes fodiens) near its nest site in a sandy bank, Merthyr Mawr National Nature Reserve, Glamorgan, Wales, UK, September.
