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Even more piles of dirt

02 Monday May 2022

Posted by sconzani in insects

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British bees, kleptoparasitism, mining bee, nomad bee

Bottoms up! A mining bee heads into its burrow covered in pollen, food for its eggs when they hatch.

220502 (1) mining bee

But, lurking nearby, is its kleptoparasite, a nomad bee that will lay its eggs in the burrow so its larvae can eat the mining bee’s food store. Sneaky!

220502 (2) Nomad bee

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