WOODCHIPS
  • Home
  • About Us
  • The area we cover
  • Featured creatures
  • Our Butterflies
    • Butterfly Blog
  • Bird Count
  • Toolkit
  • Photo Calendar
  • Countryside Videos
  • CONTACT/MORE INFO
  • Grassland Survey
  • SAFE WORKING

    WoodChips Blog

Burrowing bees at the Lagoon

2/10/2019

Comments

 
The Lagoon is becoming a home for a lot more than water plants and wildlife. While we were seed sowing on a recent warm, sunny day (remember those?) we observed a mass of small bees doing their tiny best to undermine one of the banks above the water.
The Ivy Bee (Colletes hederae), a relative newcomer to the UK, is so called because it feeds on ivy flowers at this time of year. It could also be described as a mining bee, because the females burrow up to two metres deep to lay their eggs, excavating little piles of loose soil as they do so. They use the tunnels to prepare brood chambers for their young.
More info on this interesting species here.


​Post & pics by Graham K.


​Where to find them

This is the what3words location of the Ivy Bee burrows at the Lagoon:
///return.muddy.type
​Or you can view it on a satellite map through this link:

https://w3w.co/return.muddy.type
Ivy Bee burrows
Ivy Bee
Comments
    Picture
    Community Woodlands Award


    ​Who are we?

    We are a self-funded group of volunteers looking after our local countryside in Banstead Wood and Chipstead Valley. We  extend a warm welcome to those  who would like to help maintain this important green space for the benefit of everyone. Here you will find details of WoodChips weekly tasks and activities. Check back soon  to see what we're up to!

    Archives

    March 2022
    February 2022
    October 2021
    June 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    December 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

Picture

​
​


Send us an email*

[email protected]m

*Supply your email address and it will be used solely to keep you informed about WoodChip activities. You may unsubscribe at any time.
​The content on this website is subject to copyright of the WoodChips and their volunteers. Please get in touch if you wish to use any of the text or other media.
  • Home
  • About Us
  • The area we cover
  • Featured creatures
  • Our Butterflies
    • Butterfly Blog
  • Bird Count
  • Toolkit
  • Photo Calendar
  • Countryside Videos
  • CONTACT/MORE INFO
  • Grassland Survey
  • SAFE WORKING