Bees and Wasps

Green legged sawfly looks for aphids in nettles and mint when the umbelliferae are not yet blooming in my garden.

A tiny potter wasp resting on a leaf in my garden.

A lot of agitation around insect hotels, it is the time of love for European orchard bees.

A lot of agitation around insect hotels, it is the time of love for European orchard bees.

A lot of agitation around insect hotels, it is the time of love for European orchard bees.

A lot of agitation around insect hotels, it is the time of love for European orchard bees.

A lot of agitation around insect hotels, it is the time of love for European orchard bees.

A lot of agitation around insect hotels, it is the time of love for European orchard bees.

A lot of agitation around insect hotels, it is the time of love for European orchard bees.

A lot of agitation around insect hotels, it is the time of love for European orchard bees.

European Paper Wasp female gathering nectar of a strawberry flower in the greenhouse of my garden.

A Cuckoo Bee at rest in the heart of a dandelion flower in a wet meadow. Nomada is a kleptoparasite group species, females lay in the nests of other bees species.

A small bee male of halictid family fell into a pond, after it dried and warmed on my finger, I placed it on a speedwell flower..Lasioglossum are terricolous, they make galleries surmounted by a small pile of earth.

A small bee male of halictid family fell into a pond, after it dried and warmed on my finger, I placed it on a speedwell flower..Lasioglossum are terricolous, they make galleries surmounted by a small pile of earth.

A small bee male of halictid family fell into a pond, after it dried and warmed on my finger, I placed it on a speedwell flower..Lasioglossum are terricolous, they make galleries surmounted by a small pile of earth.

Cimbicid sawfly female that I put on my finger to get her out of my greenhouse.

Cimbicid sawfly female that I put on my finger to get her out of my greenhouse.

Cimbicid sawfly female found in the greenhouse of my garden.

Bumblebee gathering nectar of a scabious flower in a wet meadow.

Common carder bee gathering nectar of Mexican sunflower in my garden.

Common carder bee gathering nectar of Mexican sunflower in my garden.

Common carder bee gathering nectar of Mexican sunflower in my garden.

Cliff mining bee female resting on a lady's cushion in bloom in a meadow. Catalan Pyrenees, France.

Cliff mining bee female resting on a lady's cushion in bloom in a meadow. Catalan Pyrenees, France.

A sawfly gathering nectar of an umbellifer at the edge of a road in the Pyrenees. Pass Pailhère, Aude, France.

Leafcutter bee gathering nectar of purple loosestrife in a wet meadow.

Halicte butinant une fleur de rudbeckia dans mon jardin...Sweet bee gathering nectar of a rudbeckia flower in my garden.

Leafcutter bee female gathering nectar of apple mint in a wet meadow.

Leafcutter bee female gathering nectar of apple mint in a wet meadow.

A little mining bee female gathering nectar of a common speedwell in my garden.

A little mining bee female gathering nectar of a common speedwell in my garden.

A male of Long-horned bee that is recognized by its long antennae washing on a blade of grass in a wet meadow.

A little Braconid wasp resting on burnet near a lavender field.

A female of sawfly resting on a nettle leaf in a wet meadow.

A hymenopteran female of the family Ichneumonidae drinking dew on a leaf in a wet meadow. This species parasitizes longhorn beetle larvae.

Sweet bee gathering nectar of a blanket flower in my garden.

Sweet bee gathering nectar of a blanket flower in my garden.

Sweet bees, female and male, gathering nectar together of a brown knapweed flower in a wet meadow.

A violet carpenter bee male gathering nectar of zinnia flower in my garden.

A violet carpenter bee male gathering nectar of zinnia flower in my garden.

Red-tailed bumblebee female gathering nectar of zinnia flower in my garden.