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Blue Orchard Bee

Osmia lignaria

The Blue Orchard Bee is a small, friendly bee that loves to visit flowers. They help plants grow by spreading pollen, making them super important for our gardens and farms!

Lebensraum: Urban areas, Gardens

Aussehen

The Blue Orchard Bee has a metallic, iridescent blue-black body covered in pale hairs. Its shiny, slightly plump appearance and small size make it easily distinguishable from common honeybees, which are typically golden-brown.

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Blue Orchard Bee
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Blue Orchard Bee

Kategorie

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Each female builds her own nursery of mud or hollow stems for her babies.

Female Blue Orchard Bees carry pollen dry under their belly, not in leg baskets!

Males emerge from their nests first, often waiting for the females to hatch out!

They don't make honey, but they are champion pollinators for spring fruits!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Super Pollinator

Blue Orchard Bees can pollinate many fruit trees and flowers very efficiently because they carry pollen dry, helping more plants grow.

Fähigkeit

Mud Mason

The female Blue Orchard Bee can build tough, protective nest cells using mud and plant materials that shelter her young.

Fähigkeit

Chilly Worker

Blue Orchard Bees have a strong body that allows them to forage for pollen and nectar even in cooler spring temperatures.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
15-20 mm
Größe
8-12 mm
Lebenserwartung
20-40 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
15 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

Blue Orchard Bees drink nectar for energy and gather pollen to feed their developing young.

Hauptnahrung

  • Nectar
  • Pollen
  • Apple blossom pollen
  • Blueberry blossom nectar
  • Cherry blossom pollen

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

pollinates

Apple tree

Malus domestica

vital for apple production

pollinates

Peach tree

Prunus persica

helps peaches ripen

pollinates

Highbush Blueberry

Vaccinium corymbosum

essential for blueberry harvests

eaten by

Eastern Bluebird

Sialia sialis

bluebirds might prey on adults

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Noch keine Alternativnamen vorhanden.

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Bees are usually friendly, but it's best to watch them from a distance.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Blue Orchard Bee?

15-20 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Blue Orchard Bee?

8-12 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Blue Orchard Bee?

20-40 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von Blue Orchard Bee?

15 km/h

Was frisst Blue Orchard Bee?

Blue Orchard Bees drink nectar for energy and gather pollen to feed their developing young.

Wo findet man Blue Orchard Bee normalerweise?

Urban areas, Gardens

Wie jagt Blue Orchard Bee?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Blue Orchard Bee?

6

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