![]() ![]() Photo above shows Blue Carpenter Bees on Clustered Bellflower where They are on Clustered Bellflower and small flowered herbs are always a favourite. Taking pollen and nectar from a range of flowers, in the photo ![]() They fly from March until October / November They are a dark blue somewhat metallic colour and areįrequently seen hovering around flowers in groups, sometimes in quite That are in France the majority of which are scarce or rare and onlyįound in extremely localised regions. Unlike the others being shades of light brown with wings that lack theĬyanea, the Blue Carpenter bee is very small between 5 and 9 mmįor females and 5 to 7 mm in males and to the casual eye don't really It appears to be a species that is increasing its rangeĪ rare species in France with very few observations in the Var in the SouthĮast and in the Pyrénées-Orientales in the South West. They will chew their way into the stem and clear the interior to create anĮgg chamber. Made in the hollow stems of plants like Angelica, Asphodel and Thistles. The flight period is from April until September and the nests are Present in the South and West of France and has been observed inland as farĪs Indre. Like a smaller version of the above species at 15 to 20mm long and is Make a log pile in a corner of your garden this can be hidden behind a bush or shrub.Īlthough currently not threatened in France all bees both social and This is of upmost importance for so many species. These bee s, therefore there can be no possible confusion.Ĭonservation advice: Leave veteran trees to stand, There are no other insects in France that resemble The adults then emerge at the end of summer and over - winter to continue the cycle. are the preferred location andĪ single entry hole leads into multiple galleries into which the female lays her eggs, each one blocked in with a pellet of pollen which provides nutrition for the larva. Asįew as 3 and as many as 30 eggs may be laid in a tunnel complex. They do not like dry, hard, well seasoned wood.ĭegraded old logs, dead trees and branches etc. They will often be seen going in and out of holes looking for suitable wood in which to make their egg chambers, in doing so they will examine anything that resembles a hole, even in concrete posts, if this happens to be in the gaps in the walls of your stone house you should not be concerned, even in your roof structure there is no problem as Males and females that have over - wintered from the previous year. Reproduction takes place in April / June with ![]()
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