A Bee expert has helpfully done a couple of surveys here so for the first time I am building a species list that includes more than just White-tailed Bumblebee and Buff-tailed Bumblebee. In fact my bee book says that some of the species being recorded are rare in Wales, although I suspect it is more likely that they are rarely recorded in Wales. After two surveys I have the following list:
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Common Carder Bee (Bombus pascuorum)
White-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lucorum)
Hawk's-beard Mining Bee, (Andrena fulvago)
White-zoned Furrow Bee, (Lasioglossum leucozonium)
Shaggy Furrow Bee, (Lasioglossum villosulum)
Chalk Furrow Bee, (Lasioglossum fulvicorne)
Patchwork Leafcutter Bee, (Megachile centuncularis)
Garden Bumblebee, (Bombus hortorum)
Grey-banded Mining Bee, (Andrena denticulata)
Blunthorn Nomad Bee, (Nomada flavopicta)
The photo is the Patchwork Leafcutter Bee, (Megachile centuncularis)
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