Eardington Nature Reserve have done a lot of work to attract solitary bees to the site which is a disused quarry with sandy soil so excellent for the ground nesters like Colletes cunicularius (image 6). They also attract aerial nesters like these Red Mason bees (Osmia bicornis) with lots of 'bee hotels'. There were many mating pairs - the males differ greatly is size but that doesn't seem to matter to the females. a few fights developed. Other bees, photographed in the Serverne Valley NR are Andrena haemorrhoia, Bombus pascorum, Andrena minutula and Bombus hypnorum
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