Black & White bee ID please

Rob65 · #1 (**permalink**) 22-04-2008, 03:55 PM

I saw this bee in my garden today and didn't recognise it.

Can anyone help with an ID please.

Thanks,
Rob

oxycera · #2 (**permalink**) 22-04-2008, 04:33 PM

Andrena cineraria, as far as I can tell.

Rob65 · #3 (**permalink**) 22-04-2008, 05:19 PM

Thankyou for the quick response.

I have noticed tawny mining bees in the garden, but I hadn't seen these before.

Cheers,
Rob

oxycera · #4 (**permalink**) 22-04-2008, 05:28 PM

I don't seem to see them as often as I used to.

eucera · #5 (**permalink**) 22-04-2008, 06:24 PM

Definitely Andrena cineraria. Could you please pm me the details so I can enter this as a record on the national database?

Cheers, Stuart

kaitkaitkait · #6 (**permalink**) 16-04-2009, 05:44 AM

I have dozens of these guys in my garden and last weekend visiting my parents there were hundreds in and around her lawn and patio!

Kait

Devoncreamtea · #7 (**permalink**) 16-04-2009, 06:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Rob65

I saw this bee in my garden today and didn't recognise it.

Can anyone help with an ID please.

Thanks,
Rob

I have hundreds, if not thousands of these in my lawn. They appeared approximately to weeks ago, firstly I though the lawn was covered in worm casts, but it was these mining bees. They are non agressive and live quite happily alongside myself and my pets. They have made a right mess of the lawn though. It does look as if they have also taken residence in the thatch of the house, but I may be wrong, they may just be sheltering or drinking the condensation or something - maybe someone else will know what they are up to! I don't know what their lifecycle is - will they return or not next year is a mystery (this is my first year in this house so I don't know whether or not they were here last year).

Claire