Saturday, 1 June 2019

We find some White Bryony beside the Upper Bedon Stream: and more Bees viz. Andrena florea

Hot on the Heels of our finding the White Bryony growing in the Garden (at Home) abuzz with Bees, namely Andrena florea, we found some White Bryony flowering beside the Upper Bedon Stream and more Andrena florea Bees viz.





The Bees are Listed as 'Rare'. That being said, might 'Rare' simply mean, 'Under-Recorded?

According to the Bees, Wasps and Ants Recording Society (BWARS), 'this species [viz. Andrena florea] is one of the very few Bees that, in Britain, visits only a single flower species for Pollen [viz. White Bryony]'.

Footnote: Accepted as Correct on iRecord.

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