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| Common Name: Masonry Bee
Scientific name: Osmia rufa Size ??mm
Biology: Honeybees are social insects and live as colonies in hives, with mature colonies of between 20.000-80.000 individuals. The entire population overwinters. There is only one egg laying female in the hive and she mates only once. She can lay as many as 1,500-2,000 eggs per day, and may live as long as 5 years. Workers live only about 5-7 weeks during the summer but those emerging in the autumn overwinter. Drones (males) appear periodically and are short lived, usually living only a few weeks. Habits: Honeybees are not aggressive, and do not search for something to attack. Instead they are defensive and only attack when threatened. Bees in a swarm are not likely to attack because they harbour no food or young and therefore have nothing to defend. However if the hive entrance is approached the guard bees can become very aggressive. The normal reaction to a bee sting is local pain then swelling in people who are allergic it can be very serious. |
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