Buffish Mining Bee

Andrena nigroaenea

The Buffish Mining Bee is a small, fuzzy bee that loves to dig in the ground. They are important pollinators, helping flowers grow by spreading pollen as they visit them.

Lebensraum: Grasslands

Aussehen

The Buffish Mining Bee has a distinctive, dense coat of foxy-red or orange-brown fur on its thorax. Its abdomen is often darker and less hairy, sometimes appearing almost bare and black. Yellow-orange hairs can be seen on its legs, especially when collecting pollen.

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Buffish Mining Bee

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Buffish Mining Bees often build their nests in bare soil, like paths or lawns!

Each female bee is a super-mom, raising her babies all by herself.

Their fuzzy bodies help them stay warm when spring weather is still cool.

They are called 'mining' bees because they dig tunnels in the ground!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Buffish Mining Bees can dig intricate burrows underground to create safe nurseries for their young.

Buffish Mining Bees have special fuzzy hairs on their hind legs called scopa to carry lots of pollen.

Buffish Mining Bees are one of the very first bees to emerge in spring, even on chilly days.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite: 18-25 mm
Größe: 10-14 mm
Lebenserwartung: 20-40 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit: 15 km/h
Anzahl der Beine: 6
Koloniegröße: 1

Ernährung und Fütterung

They drink nectar for energy and gather pollen to feed their babies in underground nests.

Hauptnahrung

nectar
pollen
Salix caprea (Goat Willow) pollen
Taraxacum officinale (Dandelion) nectar
Prunus spinosa (Blackthorn) nectar

Nahrungssuche

Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

pollinates

Goat Willow

Salix caprea

An important early spring food source.

pollinates

Dandelion

Taraxacum officinale

A crucial early flower for nectar and pollen.

parasitizes

Yellow-shouldered Nomad Bee

Nomada fucata

Its cuckoo bee lays eggs in the mining bee's nests.

eaten by

Great Tit

Parus major

Birds may prey on adult bees when foraging.

Merkmale

Pelzig

Pelzig beschreibt Tiere, die eine dichte Schicht aus weichen Haaren oder Fell besitzen.

Einzelgänger

Einzelgänger leben den größten Teil ihres Lebens allein und interagieren mit Artgenossen nur zur Paarung oder zur Aufzucht der Jungen.

Bestäubermagnet

Beschreibt Pflanzen, die für eine Vielzahl von bestäubenden Organismen besonders attraktiv und nützlich sind.

Grasland

Grasland-Lebensräume sind terrestrische Biome, die von Gräsern und krautigen Pflanzen dominiert werden und einer Vielzahl von Weidetieren als Lebensraum dienen.