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Bees or wasps?

Thanks, Ive just uploaded some photos and added the required info, but it then lead me to a page asking me to identyfy it myself. It didnt look like any of the suggested pictures.

solitary bees

fidgetbones, Ive been trying to esablish if the bees ive seen in my garden are nesting or not. I hope you are able to enjoy your bees.

Bees or wasps?

Managed to get a few better photos by switching my camera to macro mode. Im convinced they are bees but still not sure if they are honey bees...

Garden Gallery 2013

Stunning garden Busy-Lizzie.

Matty2, your garden looks very well kept.

The far end of my garden is half dug up ready for a new path, but Ive halted proceedings due to bees tunnelling in the soil as I dont want to disturb them. The rest of my garden got a bit of new colour recently when the yellow Azalea started flowering...

This is my neighbours clematis which grows up her fence and then continues to grow wonderfully over my garage..

A few foxgloves starting to show thier flowers..

Hardly got any jobs done in the garden today, seeing as the weather was nice I spent most of the day sat on the patio BBQing a joint of lamb...

And a view of the garden from the patio, colour provided by aliums growing amongst potted oak trees...

Bees or wasps?

Doing some searching on the internet, some bees do look remarkably like wasps dont they...

http://www.glaucus.org.uk/SolitaryBee.html

There are quite a few of them swarming around the hole in my garden so I guess I can rule out Solitary bees. Its most likely to be one of these I guess..

Honey bee...

Carder bee

Or the solitary Tawny Mining bee?...

Bees or wasps?

Thanks, Ive emailed my local wildlife trust to see if they can help.

So now I need to establish exactly what type they are and if they are infact nesting or simply collecting mud/clay.

Bees or wasps?

Thanks Wintersong. I have never had problems identifying wasps before, what with their distinctive yellow/black colours, and thier bodies seem to be seperated from their heads by just a thin segment.

Whilst these look like wasps, they are different enough to make me wonder? So do we definately think they are bees?

Bees or wasps?

Well Im in the middle of building a path in my garden, and Ive dug out a hole in the middle to blant a large shrub. Ive temporarily filled the hole with stone so my young son doesnt fall into it, and these bees/wasps are tunnelling into the clay in the hole and either nesting or collecting the clay...

 Now im more than happy to halt my project if they are bees and would be thrilled if they were nesting. But if they are just wasps collecting mud then I may have to disturb them. You can see in the next photo the holes they have made tunnelling into the clay..

Bees or wasps?

I know some honey bees do resemble wasps, but could someone please let me know if these are bees or wasps in my garden?

Feeding meal worms to my nesting blue tits

Ive placed my mealworms inside a squirrel proof cage which stops the starlings & magpies from getting to them, otherwise they would empty the dish in one sitting!

Buttercups

Pruning/Shaping my plum tree?

Nest Box Camera?

Bees or wasps?

Feeding meal worms to my nesting blue tits

Should I cut this Clematis back?

Box Balls growing in solid clay?

What did you do in your garden today?

Dahlia - white substance on shoots?

Re potting Box Balls?

Patio paving design tool needed

Which Delphinium seeds?

Tomato Growpots, any good?

Online seed suppliers?

Sunflower recommendation?