| Bees: |
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| Apis mellifera |
Honey Bee |
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| Solitary Bees: |
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| ssp. |
Blue Osmia |
| Megachile centuncularis |
Leaf Cutter Bee |
| Panurgus calaratus |
Mining Bee (not confirmed) |
| Andrena fulva |
Furry, foxy red, digs holes in the ground |
| Osmia rufa |
Furry, redder than Andrena, ready made holes in banks and plant stems, etc. |
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| Bumble Bees: |
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| Bombus agrorum |
Carder Bees - both light and dark varieties |
| Bombus lapidarius |
Red-tailed Bumblebee |
| Bombus hortorum |
Garden Bumblebee |
| Bombus lucorum |
White-tailed Bumblebee - bright lemon/yellow stripes |
| Bombus terrestris |
Buff-tailed Bumblebee |
| Psithryus campestris |
Field cuckoo Bee |
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| Wasps: |
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| Social Wasps: |
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| Vespa crabro |
Hornet |
| Dolichovespula media |
French Wasp |
| Vespular vulgaris |
Common Wasp |
| Vespular germanica |
German Wasp |
| Vespular rufus |
Red Wasp |
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| Solitary Wasps: |
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| Odynerus parietum |
Wall Mason Wasp |
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Ruby-tailed Wasps - some thirty species! Predators of other solitary bees and wasps |
| Pemphredon lugubris |
Mournful Wasp - a tiny black wasp nesting in bramble stems |
