honey bee, bumblebees, solitary bees, etc.
![Patchwork Leafcutter Bee [Megachile centuncularis]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/hymenoptera-1-bees/IMG_1126_60D_TheDowns_24May2025.jpg "Patchwork Leafcutter Bee [Megachile centuncularis]")
Patchwork Leafcutter Bee [Megachile centuncularis]
Female – Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 24 May 2025
![Patchwork Leafcutter Bee [Megachile centuncularis]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/hymenoptera-1-bees/NG8_0354_EOS-1D_LWC_06Sep2021.jpg "Patchwork Leafcutter Bee [Megachile centuncularis]")
Patchwork Leafcutter Bee [Megachile centuncularis]
Female collecting pollen from Common Fleabane (Pulicaria dysenterica) – Location : London Wetland Centre, Barnes, Greater London, England – Date of image : 06 Sep 2021
![Red Bartsia Bee [Melitta tricincta]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/hymenoptera-1-bees/NG8_3057_EOS-1D_TheDowns_08Aug2025.jpg "Red Bartsia Bee [Melitta tricincta]")
Red Bartsia Bee [Melitta tricincta]
Adult female(?) approaching a Red Bartsia (Odontites vernus) flower - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 08 Aug 2025