55K views · 2.2K reactions | Meet the fascinating Blue-Banded Bee!...

Blue banded bees are solitary buzz pollinators native to Australia. 💙🐝🇦🇺 They have thick reddish-brown fur on their thorax and a black abdomen with iridescent blue stripes! Males have five stripes and females have four. This female blue banded bee is doing something called nectar robbing. She is drinking the nectar from a hole bitten into the side of this salvia flower, instead of going through the flowers natural opening. This means that the bee avoids contact with the flowers reproductive

15K views · 387 reactions | Amegilla chlorocyanea es una especie de abeja del género Amegilla, familia Apida. Podemos apreciar el vuelo en alta resolución de está especie de abeja.  Créditos a @rewildingsuburbia #vidaanimalsincensura #kurco04 #insectos #vidasilvestre #abejas #bee #apidae #apidays | Vida animal Sin censura | Facebook