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Beyond the industrious honeybees and charming bumblebees we are so familiar with, there are a vast array of solitary bees to be found in the UK – around 220 of our 250 native bee species are solitary bees! April is a fantastic time to see them, and some of the most conspicuous are our mining bees. You may find a little ‘volcano mound’ of earth in the lawn, or under flowering trees like hawthorn and apple) creating her nest. She is very distinctive – her abdomen and thorax are covered with a dense ginger fuzz, making her look almost teddy-bear like.
