2 Blue Banded Bee at Higgins, ACT
Identification history
| Amegilla (Zonamegilla) asserta | 9 Mar 2024 | michael.batley | ||
| Apis mellifera | 7 Mar 2024 | CarbonAI | ||
| Amegilla (Zonamegilla) asserta | 7 Mar 2024 | pinnaCLE |
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BB bees roost on 2 stalks in our suburban herb garden. They arrive about 6:30pm and roost until sun warms them after 08:00am. They are creatures of habit - 7-9 bees have returned for the past 5 nights. Even on windy evenings they persist and eventually settle. Web search suggests these are all male bees. The plant stalks are introduced species - spent flower stems of Oregano herb.
2 comments
pinnaCLE
wrote:
14 Apr 2024
Some of this group kept coming 'home' to roost for about 4 weeks after the first sighting. Eventually there were just 1-2 insects each night and the cold and wet weather appeared to mark the end of the roost. Warm evenings since then have seen no new visits.
Location information
- Places Higgins, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- pinnaCLE Recorded by
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Native Bees of Canberra Home Gardens, a research project. pinnaCLE Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Amegilla (Zonamegilla) asserta Bees (Hymenoptera, Apiformes) Insects
Additional information
- Oregano sp. Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Male Gender
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- Resting Insect behaviour on flower
Species information
- Amegilla (Zonamegilla) asserta Scientific name
- Blue Banded Bee Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 842.8m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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