Both Leafcutter Bees on Flowers. Both the black and red leafcutter bee species foraging on cosmos flowers, flying passed each other.
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Cosmos flowers attract a lot of species of bees.
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The black leafcutter bee and the red leafcutter bee are foraging on cosmos flowers. You know its a leafcutter bee by identifying on her lower abdomen the yellow hairs that gather pollen. They cut leaves with their nippers to take pieces to make a rolled leaf nest. View how here.
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Both leafcutter bees on flowers, now fly passed each other and have a look at each other. Such special bees that work hard and pollinate the flowers and fruit blossoms and vegetables well. See life cycle here.
Below is the red leafcutter bee.
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Below is the black leafcutter Bee.
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See her building her nest with a video slide, also fighting off a wasp.
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