| 词条 | Tawny mining bee |
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| taxon = Andrena fulva | image = Andrena fulva01.jpg | authority = Müller, 1766 }} The tawny mining bee, Andrena fulva, is a European species of the sand bee (Andrena) genus. The males are {{convert|10|-|12|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} and the females {{convert|8|-|10|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} long. It is covered with hair: fox-red on its back and black on its underside. The tawny mining bee lives in Europe, ranging from the Balkans to southern Scandinavia, the United Kingdom and Ireland.[1] It lives in light woodlands and dry grasslands, and also in parks and gardens. It is widely distributed but has a low population density. The Tawny mining bee flies from March until May. It prefers to fly in a multitude to different nectar-bearing plants. It lives in a nest in the ground, and occasionally in larger colonies. It mates in spring, after which the male dies and the female starts to build a nest. Sometimes more than a hundred females build nests in a few square metres but the tawny mining bee normally does not create a colony: each female has her own nest. The tawny mining bee is therefore classified amongst solitary and communal bees. The nest is a vertical shaft {{convert|200|-|300|mm|in|0|abbr=on}}, with several brood cells branching off it. The female fills these cells with a mixture of nectar and pollen, on which she lays one egg in each cell. The larva hatches within a few days, grows quickly and pupates within a few weeks. The adults emerge in spring after hibernation. {{Taxonbar|from=Q1970391}}References1. ^{{cite AV Media |url=https://www.facebook.com/AnPost/videos/1549636631807779/ |publisher=[An Post |via=facebook.com |title=Shevaun Doherty Botanical Artist. paying tribute to the hardest working insects on the planet |date=16 July 2018 |accessdate=17 July 2018}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Tawny Mining Bee}}{{Bee-stub}} 3 : Andrenidae|Hymenoptera of Europe|Insects described in 1766 |
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