Another solitary Bee

This is a noisy female Anthophora Plumipe
They lay their eggs in holes in brick walls very cute.
You see the males out first in March also noisy but they’re a brownish grey colour.
What you might see still if your out in the garden are the shiny black females.
So cute but hard to take pictures of as they constantly move in zigzags over the flowers these will go to many different flowers.
Unlike the APIs Melifura Honey be as they only harvest one type of pollen until it is exhausted.
Then they look for a new type of plant.

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