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🐝 Ants, Bees & Wasps

Two-coloured Mason Bee

Osmia bicolor

About

A distinctive bee with a black head and thorax and bright orange abdominal hair. It uniquely nests inside empty snail shells on chalk grasslands.

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Did You Know?

After filling a snail shell with pollen and eggs, the female camouflages it by piling grass and plant stems over it.