honey bee, bumblebees, solitary bees, etc.
Broad-margined Mining Bee (Andrena synadelpha?)
Female on a Traveller’s Joy leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 16 May 2025
![Ivy Bee [Colletes hederae]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/hymenoptera-1-bees/NG8_0691_EOS-1D_BansteadDowns_14Oct2021.jpg "Ivy Bee [Colletes hederae]")
Ivy Bee [Colletes hederae]
Female - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 14 Oct 2021
![Ivy Bee [Colletes hederae]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/hymenoptera-1-bees/NG8_4338_EOS-1D_TheDowns_01Oct2025.jpg "Ivy Bee [Colletes hederae]")
Ivy Bee [Colletes hederae]
Female on an Ivy (Hedera helix) flower - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England - Date of image : 01 Oct 2025
![Ivy Bee [Colletes hederae]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/hymenoptera-1-bees/NG8_4346_EOS-1D_TheDowns_01Oct2025.jpg "Ivy Bee [Colletes hederae]")
Ivy Bee [Colletes hederae]
Females on an Ivy (Hedera helix) flower - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England - Date of image : 01 Oct 2025
![Ivy Bee [Colletes hederae]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/hymenoptera-1-bees/NG8_4355_EOS-1D_TheDowns_01Oct2025.jpg "Ivy Bee [Colletes hederae]")
Ivy Bee [Colletes hederae]
Female on an Ivy (Hedera helix) flower - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England - Date of image : 01 Oct 2025
![Ivy Bee [Colletes hederae]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/hymenoptera-1-bees/NG8_3981_EOS-1D_TheDowns_23Sep2025.jpg "Ivy Bee [Colletes hederae]")
Ivy Bee [Colletes hederae]
Adult approaching the entrance to its nest - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 23 Sep 2025
![Ivy Bee [Colletes hederae]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/hymenoptera-1-bees/NG8_4035_EOS-1D_TheDowns_23Sep2025.jpg "Ivy Bee [Colletes hederae]")
Ivy Bee [Colletes hederae]
Female approaching the entrance to its nest - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 23 Sep 2025
![Ivy Bee [Colletes hederae]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/hymenoptera-1-bees/NG8_4002_EOS-1D_TheDowns_23Sep2025.jpg "Ivy Bee [Colletes hederae]")
Ivy Bee [Colletes hederae]
Female approaching the entrance to its nest - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 23 Sep 2025
![Ivy Bee [Colletes hederae]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/hymenoptera-1-bees/NG8_4039_EOS-1D_TheDowns_23Sep2025.jpg "Ivy Bee [Colletes hederae]")
Ivy Bee [Colletes hederae]
Adult entering its nest - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 23 Sep 2025
![Common Yellow-face Bee [Hylaeus communis]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/hymenoptera-1-bees/NG7_3895_EOS-1D_BansteadDowns_02Aug2021.jpg "Common Yellow-face Bee [Hylaeus communis]")
Common Yellow-face Bee [Hylaeus communis]
Female on Wild Parsnip (Pastinaca sativa) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 02 Aug 2021
![Common Yellow-face Bee [Hylaeus communis]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/hymenoptera-1-bees/JO8V0642_EOS-1D_TheDowns_25Jul2025.jpg "Common Yellow-face Bee [Hylaeus communis]")
Common Yellow-face Bee [Hylaeus communis]
Female on Creeping Thistle (Cirsium arvense) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 25 Jul 2025
![Chalk Yellow-face Bee [Hylaeus dilatatus]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/hymenoptera-1-bees/JO8V0582_EOS-1D_TheDowns_18Jul2025.jpg "Chalk Yellow-face Bee [Hylaeus dilatatus]")
Chalk Yellow-face Bee [Hylaeus dilatatus]
Adult on Traveller's-joy (Clematis vitalba) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 18 Jul 2025
![Common Furrow Bee [Lasioglossum calceatum?]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/hymenoptera-1-bees/JO8V0835_EOS-1D_TheDowns_02Aug2025.jpg "Common Furrow Bee [Lasioglossum calceatum?]")
Common Furrow Bee [Lasioglossum calceatum?]
Female gathering pollen from Hemp-agrimony (Eupatoria cannabinum) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 02 Aug 2025
![White-zoned Furrow Bee [Lasioglossum leucozonium?]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/hymenoptera-1-bees/NG8_8766_EOS-1D_BansteadDowns_25Jul2023.jpg "White-zoned Furrow Bee [Lasioglossum leucozonium?]")
White-zoned Furrow Bee [Lasioglossum leucozonium?]
Female gathering pollen - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 25 Jul 2023
![White-zoned Furrow Bee [Lasioglossum leucozonium?]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/hymenoptera-1-bees/NG8_0637_EOS-1D_BansteadDowns_07Oct2021.jpg "White-zoned Furrow Bee [Lasioglossum leucozonium?]")
White-zoned Furrow Bee [Lasioglossum leucozonium?]
Adult on Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 07 Oct 2021
![Sharp-collared Furrow Bee [Lasioglossum malachurum?]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/hymenoptera-1-bees/NG7_3852_EOS-1D_BansteadDowns_02Aug2021.jpg "Sharp-collared Furrow Bee [Lasioglossum malachurum?]")
Sharp-collared Furrow Bee [Lasioglossum malachurum?]
Male on Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 02 Aug 2021
![Dark-winged Blood Bee [Sphecodes gibbus]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/hymenoptera-1-bees/NG7_3793_EOS-1D_BansteadDowns_01Aug2021.jpg "Dark-winged Blood Bee [Sphecodes gibbus]")
Dark-winged Blood Bee [Sphecodes gibbus]
Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 01 Aug 202
![Box-headed Blood Bee [Sphecodes monilicornis]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/hymenoptera-1-bees/NG7_3156_EOS-1D_BansteadDowns_11Jul2021.jpg "Box-headed Blood Bee [Sphecodes monilicornis]")
Box-headed Blood Bee [Sphecodes monilicornis]
Adult on Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 11 Jul 2021
![Box-headed Blood Bee [Sphecodes monilicornis]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/hymenoptera-1-bees/NG7_3146_EOS-1D_BansteadDowns_11Jul2021.jpg "Box-headed Blood Bee [Sphecodes monilicornis]")
Box-headed Blood Bee [Sphecodes monilicornis]
Adult on Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 11 Jul 2021
![Box-headed Blood Bee [Sphecodes monilicornis]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/hymenoptera-1-bees/JO8V0499_EOS-1D_TheDowns_12Jul2025.jpg "Box-headed Blood Bee [Sphecodes monilicornis]")
Box-headed Blood Bee [Sphecodes monilicornis]
Adult on Hemp-agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 12 Jul 2025