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CUCKOO BEE
Cuckoo bee. Macrophotograph of a cuckoo bee (Thyreus sp.). Cuckoo bees are so named for their habit of laying eggs in the nests of other bee species. Bees of the genus Thyreus are nest parasites of bees of the genus Amegilla. Photographed by the USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab: an organisation dedicated to identifying, cataloguing and monitoring bees and other insect species. (KEYSTONE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY)
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CUCKOO BEE (NOMADA LEUCOPHTHALMA) ABOUT TO ENTER THE NEST BURROW OF MINER BEE (ANDRENA CLARKELLA). THE CUCKOO BEE IS CLEPTOPARASITIC, LAYING ITS EGGS IN NESTS OF OTHER BEES IN ORDER THAT THEIR PARASITIC LARVAE CAN FEED ON THE FOOD ORIGINALLY INTENTENDED F
ALEX HYDE
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CUCKOO BEE (NOMADA GOODENIANA) ROOSTING BY CLAMPING ONTO VEGETATION WITH ITS MANDIBLES AND HANGING ON FOR THE NIGHT. PHOTOGRAPHED JUST AFTER DAWN. HERTFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND, UK, MAY. FOCUS STACKED.
ANDY SANDS
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CUCKOO BEE (NOMADA RUFICORNIS) ENTERING BURROW OF MINING BEE (ANDRENA BIMACULATA). SURREY, ENGLAND,
KIM TAYLOR
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VESTAL CUCKOO BEE (BOMBUS VESTALIS) ON RED CLOVER, HUTCHINSON'S BANK, NEW ADDINGTON, LONDON, ENGLAND, UK. JULY.
ROD WILLIAMS
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FIELD CUCKOO BEE (BOMBUS CAMPESTRIS) FEEDING ON TOADFLAX (LINARIA PURPUREA) MONMOUTHSHIRE, WALES, UK. JUNE.
PHIL SAVOIE
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CUCKOO BEE (THYREUS WAROONENSIS) SOUTH-WESTERN AUSTRALIA. NOVEMBER.
MYN / CORNE VAN DER LINDEN
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CUCKOO BEE (SPHECODES SP.) FEMALE, PEAK DISTRICT NATIONAL PARK, DERBYSHIRE, UK. APRIL.
ALEX HYDE
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CUCKOO BEE (NOMADA) FEMALE ABOUT TO ENTER THE BURROW OF MINING BEE (ANDRENA HAEMORRHOA) HERTFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND, UK. MAY
ANDY SANDS
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CUCKOO BEE (NOMADA) FEMALE ABOUT TO ENTER THE BURROW OF MINING BEE (ANDRENA HAEMORRHOA) HERTFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND, UK. MAY
ANDY SANDS
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CUCKOO BEE (THYREUS SP) A CLEPTOPARASITE OF OTHER SPECIES OF BEES, CENTRAL COASTAL PLAIN, ISRAEL, JUNE. MEETYOURNEIGHBOURS.NET PROJECT
MYN / GIL WIZEN
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CUCKOO BEE (THYREUS SP) A CLEPTOPARASITE OF OTHER SPECIES OF BEES, CENTRAL COASTAL PLAIN, ISRAEL, JUNE. MEETYOURNEIGHBOURS.NET PROJECT
MYN / GIL WIZEN
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CUCKOO BEE (NOMADA) SLEEPING ON TWIG, SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS, SOUTH CAROLINA, UNITED STATES, APRIL. MEETYOURNEIGHBOURS.NET PROJECT
MYN / CLAY BOLT
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