Bees in our garden - Photographed 24th and 25th May 2005
I took photos of blue-banded bees in our garden on a sunny day. The blue-banded bee is native to Australia. It often has shiny blue stripes on the abdomen, but some blue-banded bees can have yellow stripes instead of blue.
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This is a blue-banded bee approaching a flower.
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A blue-banded bee is climbing around a flower.
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This is another blue-banded bee, showing shiny blue stripes.
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A blue-banded bee with yellow stripes hovering at the flower.
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This one is flying toward the flowers.