Peter,
Thanks for the offer of a possible full identification of the bees I submitted by way of photographs. Unfortunately they were in a very public area.
On the 13.5.2012 when I took the photo's we had to remove a stone which had been forced into the entrance to the nest.
After reading your reply to my I.D. request I visited the site again to find no sign of life and no fresh excavation spoil. I assume they have deserted the site through disturbance.
By the way the name I posted was found on the web where I did the research into the two bees. There seems to be so many changes lately, not only to scientific names, but to common names too. Why is our good old friend the Robin now known in some quarters as the "Eurasian Robin", the Lapwing as "Northern Lapwing". I have recently pointed out to i-Spot that the Winter Wren which they insist is our Wren, is a seprate North American species.
Enough rambling, thanks for the offer, but no specimens are left now.
Thanks for the offer of a possible full identification of the bees I submitted by way of photographs. Unfortunately they were in a very public area.
On the 13.5.2012 when I took the photo's we had to remove a stone which had been forced into the entrance to the nest.
After reading your reply to my I.D. request I visited the site again to find no sign of life and no fresh excavation spoil. I assume they have deserted the site through disturbance.
By the way the name I posted was found on the web where I did the research into the two bees. There seems to be so many changes lately, not only to scientific names, but to common names too. Why is our good old friend the Robin now known in some quarters as the "Eurasian Robin", the Lapwing as "Northern Lapwing". I have recently pointed out to i-Spot that the Winter Wren which they insist is our Wren, is a seprate North American species.
Enough rambling, thanks for the offer, but no specimens are left now.