Another unidentified bee

Another unidentified bee taken in the gardens at The Lodge.

A bee and a wasp

A bee and wasp taken at The Lodge this lunchtime (I'm just checking on what the bee is, but I think the wasp will have to remain a mystery!).

Beasties at The Lodge

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A male (bottom picture) and female (top three pictures) Andrena bicolor.

A comma in the gardens.

An unidentified spider on the heath.

Another bumblebee

Another Bombus terrestris queen at The Lodge.

The mite-y bumblebee

An uncomfortable looking Bombus terrestris queen covered in mites at The Lodge yesterday.

Spring bees

A rather wooly Bombus pratorum (Early Bumblebee) photographed at The Lodge this weekend and a couple of Honey Bees (Apis mellifera) in my garden in Sandy.