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Common Yellow-faced Bee - Hylaeus communis

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Common Yellow-faced Bee Common Yellow-faced Bee - Hylaeus communis dylan Goat Gully 16 Jul 2021, 4:05 p.m. 15 Jul 2021, 4:14 p.m.
Common Yellow-faced Bee Common Yellow-faced Bee - Hylaeus communis dylan Westbury Wildlife Park 23 Aug 2021, 9:34 a.m. 18 Jul 2021, 10:14 a.m.
Common Yellow-faced Bee Common Yellow-faced Bee - Hylaeus communis dylan Goat Gully 16 Jul 2021, 4:05 p.m. 15 Jul 2021, 4:14 p.m.
Common Yellow-faced Bee Common Yellow-faced Bee - Hylaeus communis dylan Westbury Wildlife Park 23 Aug 2021, 9:34 a.m. 18 Jul 2021, 10:14 a.m.
Common Yellow-faced Bee Common Yellow-faced Bee - Hylaeus communis dylan Westbury Wildlife Park 23 Aug 2021, 9:34 a.m. 18 Jul 2021, 10:14 a.m.
Common Yellow-faced Bee Common Yellow-faced Bee - Hylaeus communis dylan Westbury Wildlife Park 23 Aug 2021, 9:34 a.m. 18 Jul 2021, 10:14 a.m.

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Species Description

Fairly common and widespread throughout England, Wales but scarce in Scotland and Ireland. Habitat includes: gardens, parks, allotments, churchyards, open woodland, grassland, coast etc. Flight period: Late May to September. Diet: Adults = Pollen and Nectar from a wide variety of flowers (Polylectic) including Apiaceae, Asteraceae, Boraginaceae, Brassicaceae, Campanulaceae, Crassulaceae, Lamiaceae, Liliaceae, Lythraceae, Resedaceae (I have noted it on Bristol Onion). Life story: cavity-nester, using existing burrows of a suitable diameter e.g. dead wood (old beetle burrows), woody stems (Bramble), soil, crevices in mortar joints in walls etc. Parasites: Sapyga quinquepunctata, Hylaeus communis, Gasteruption jaculator, Coelopencyrtus.