Red mason bee (Osmia bicornis = Osmia rufa) flying to an insects hotel nest burrow with her abdomen covered in pollen to stock brood cells, UK, May.

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Red mason bee (Osmia bicornis = Osmia rufa) arriving at her nest burrow in an insect hotel with the hairs under her abdomen covered in pollen to stock her brood cells with, Wiltshire, UK, May.

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Size: 4207px × 3155px
Location: Box, Wiltshire, UK
Photo credit: © Nick Upton / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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