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 Bee identification
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| buggub |
Posted on 06-05-2012 15:48
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Member Location: Slovenia Posts: 148 Joined: 13.09.09 |
Hi, can you please id this bee species. The nest is in the ground. Thanks. buggub attached the following image:  [158.74Kb] |
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| buggub |
Posted on 07-05-2012 20:30
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Member Location: Slovenia Posts: 148 Joined: 13.09.09 |
Forgot to mention that this bee was photographed in Slovenia.
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| buggub |
Posted on 07-05-2012 20:33
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Member Location: Slovenia Posts: 148 Joined: 13.09.09 |
another photo
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| buggub |
Posted on 07-05-2012 20:39
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Member Location: Slovenia Posts: 148 Joined: 13.09.09 |
Here is the video when she cleans the entrance. http://www.flickr.com/photos/kdll/7007371516/ . One question, does this bee species uses the silk to hold the soil in her nest hole. Maybe i am very wrong but it looks like this on the video. Edited by buggub on 07-05-2012 20:42 |
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| Gerrit Oehm |
Posted on 07-05-2012 20:43
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Member Location: Germany Posts: 179 Joined: 26.11.11 |
I would say Adrena sp. But I do not know the species. |
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| Marc T |
Posted on 10-05-2012 06:58
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 Member Location: Hamburg, Germany Posts: 248 Joined: 30.08.11 |
Hi together, the specimen might be too "plump" for Andrena sp., I'd say it might rather be an Anthophora plumipes female (not sure!). Sometimes they dig their nests in dry soil, as far as I know they line the nest chambers with some waxy secretion. Brgds, Marc |
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