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Red Mason Bee

Osmia bicornis

The Red Mason Bee is a friendly little bee that loves to help flowers grow by spreading pollen. They are great builders and make cozy homes out of mud!

Lebensraum: Urban areas

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The Red Mason Bee has a stocky, dark body with a thick covering of bright, rusty orange-red hairs on its abdomen, making it easily distinguishable. Its head and thorax are typically black, and females have distinctive horns on their face. Unlike honeybees, they carry pollen on stiff hairs under their belly.

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Red Mason Bee
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Red Mason Bee

Kategorie

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Instead of honey, these bees collect a special 'bee bread' (pollen and nectar) to feed their growing babies.

One Red Mason Bee can pollinate as many flowers as 100 honeybees in a day!

These tiny 'solitary bees' don't live in big hives; each female builds her own nursery!

They're called 'mason' bees because they use mud, just like a mason uses bricks, to build their nests.

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Super Pollinator Pouch

Red Mason Bees have a unique scopa (pollen brush) under their belly that helps them carry pollen more efficiently, making them excellent plant pollinators.

Fähigkeit

Mud Builder Master

Red Mason Bees can construct intricate nests by packing mud into existing tunnels, creating individual chambers for each egg.

Fähigkeit

Gentle Nature

Red Mason Bees are very gentle and rarely sting because their main focus is on gathering pollen and nectar, not defending a colony.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
15-25 mm
Größe
8-12 mm
Lebenserwartung
20-40 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
12 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

They sip nectar for energy and gather pollen to feed their babies.

Hauptnahrung

  • nectar
  • pollen
  • apple blossom
  • dandelion

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

pollinates

Apple tree

Malus domestica

Crucial for fruit production.

pollinates

Peach tree

Prunus persica

Helps ripen delicious peaches.

depends on

Common dandelion

Taraxacum officinale

Feeds on early spring blooms.

parasitizes

Chalcid wasp

Monodontomerus obsoletus

Lays eggs inside bee cocoons.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Noch keine Alternativnamen vorhanden.

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Don't try to touch bees; just watch them from a distance as they work!

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Red Mason Bee?

15-25 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Red Mason Bee?

8-12 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Red Mason Bee?

20-40 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von Red Mason Bee?

12 km/h

Was frisst Red Mason Bee?

They sip nectar for energy and gather pollen to feed their babies.

Wo findet man Red Mason Bee normalerweise?

Urban areas

Wie jagt Red Mason Bee?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Red Mason Bee?

6

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