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Recording Doncaster's Wildlife since 1880

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Bees – Osmia- Mason Bees

Order Hymenoptera – Ants, Wasps, Bees
   Suborder Aculeata – Bees
      Superfamily – Apoidea
         Family Megachilidae
            Subfamily Osmia – Mason bees

Osmia bicornis -  Red Mason Bee , Dinnington
Osmia bicornis -  Red Mason Bee , Dinnington
Osmia bicornis -  Red Mason Bee , Dinnington
Osmia bicornis -  Red Mason Bee , Dinnington

Recent Posts

  • Next Meeting – Friday 12th September2025 to Tickhill 11 September 2025
  • Next Meeting – 6 September 2025 to Thorne Community Woodland 2 September 2025
  • Next Meeting – Wednesday 27th August 2025 to Woodfield Country Park 26 August 2025
  • An additional Meeting – Saturday 23rd August 2025 to Conisbrough Parks Farm walk 19 August 2025
  • Next Meeting – Friday 22nd August 2025 to Thorpe Marsh for pond dipping, etc. 19 August 2025

Gallery

Figure 10. Sawfly larva on willow, Yorkshire Arboretum. Red Campion (Silene dioica), Bempton Cliffs

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