Friday 1 May 2020

White Bryony and Bryony Mining Bees (Andrena florea)

Update from 24 April: the Bees attracted by the White Bryony growing in the Garden (at Home) have been confirmed as Bryony Mining Bees (Andrena florea) viz.



The Sightings have been submitted to iRecord.

We first saw them in the Garden, last year. We had previously removed the White Bryony but left it last year (don't know why) and super-pleased we did.

The Bryony Mining Bee is described by the Bees, Wasps and Ants Recording Society (BWARS) as Rare but from our experience (also seeing them beside the Upper Bedon Stream last year), we are inclined to think it is probably Under-Recorded.

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