Martyn Robinson & Brian Faulkner, Australian Native Bee Research Centre. Bottle-brush Grass Tree, Saw-edged Grass Tree Xanthorrhoea macronema, family Xanthorrhoeaceae The above pictures were taken in Mt Cotton.īees of the Sydney region, a field guide - Anne Dollin, Michael Batley, In the wild, we saw Blue-banded Bee fed on Bottle-brush Grass Tree flower. ![]() Will move a bit to give some space for the new comers.įood Plant in the wild There are a lot of garden flowers as the food plants for Blue-banded Bees. Insects may have body contact but there are not any conflict. Good position to rest for the whole night, where usually the stand alone tallest The wasps and bees start resting on grass stems. Just before sunset, those wasps and bees can be seen Wasp and bee species may be found resting together on the same grass stem in aĪrea. Size than females and relatively not so "blue". Hungerford Male Blue-banded Bees rest on grass stem during evening. Potter Wasp and Blue-banded Bee Photo thanks to Kylie Rest on grass stem in small group, as shown in the above pictures. They Femaleīees rest inside the nest during the night. They alsoīuild nest in in wall of low-concrete mud brick house. Those female beesīuild nest and provision their brood (without the help from males). Blue-banded Bee female build nest in soft decomposing sandstone. They will cluster for the night hanging from stems or leaves by their Blue-banded Bees build their nests underground in soil. Male do not build We sometimes found them resting on dry grass stem in ourīackyard after sunset. Males have the abdomen tip segment in blue while the female has this segment Males rest in small group Blue-banded Bee Males have five blue bands while females have only four. The Blue-banded Bees in pictures above are all females. To encourage their visit, you may grow more blue flowers in your garden. The dart-and-hover flight pattern, which is faster and more jerky that theĬommon Honey Bees. ![]() Teddy Bear Bees and Blue-banded Bees fly with They do sting but they are not aggressive, i.e., they will not attack unless disturbed. Every time the bees rest on a flower, we can hear a short loud buzzīlue-banded Bees are are native to Australia, although they or their close relatives can be found in other continents. Other insects do not know this technique cannot get The vibration excited the flower which drop the Get the pollen from flowers known as buzz pollination. We took the above picture at Wishart in mid summer 2002 while the bee visiting its fond ofīlue-banded Bees are known as buzz pollinators. Notice the bee's long tongue in the pictures. Two Males, body length 15mm The thorax and head of Blue-banded Bees are covered with golden hairs andĪbdomen is banded with pale blue bands on black. This is a solitary bee butįemales may build nest together in same location with otherīlue-banded Bees. Blue-banded Bees are common in Brisbane gardens. The Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia. This page contains pictures and information about Blue-banded Bees that we found in
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