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Blue Carpenter Bee – Xylocopa caerulea

vids — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 13:30:17 +0000

Blue Carpenter Bee – Xylocopa caerulea is a species of carpenter bee. Wikipedia

Location: Singapore Poly – Dover – March 2023

Xylocopa caerulea is on Singapore Stamps 1985 Insects Definitives Series

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Giant Honey Bee – Apis Dorsata

vids — Sun, 26 Sep 2021 13:19:27 +0000

Apis dorsata, the giant honey bee, is a honey bee of South and Southeast Asia, found mainly in forested areas such as the Terai of Nepal. They are typically around 17–20 mm long. Nests are mainly built in exposed places far off the ground, like on tree limbs, under cliff overhangs, and sometimes on buildings. Wikipedia

Location: Choa Chu Kang

Singapore Geographic, Singapore Nature, Singapore Nature Photography

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Combed-Sweat Bee

vids — Wed, 28 Jul 2021 11:59:49 +0000

The sweat bee genus Lasioglossum is the largest of all bee genera, containing over 1700 species in numerous subgenera worldwide. They are highly variable in size, coloration, and sculpture; among the more unusual variants, some are cleptoparasites, some are nocturnal, and some are oligolectic. Wikipedia

Spotted at Choa Chu Kang – July 2021

Thanks, Zestin Soh Bees & Wasps of Singapore for the ID.

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Megachile Laticeps

vids — Mon, 19 Jul 2021 10:24:16 +0000

Megachile laticeps is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae. It was described by Smith in 1853. Wikipedia

Spotted at Bukit Panjang, July 2021.

Thanks, John Ascher Bees & Wasps of Singapore for the ID

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Ceratina Nigrolateralis

vids — Thu, 15 Jul 2021 12:24:14 +0000

Noticed only by the sharp-eyed, Ceratina nigrolateralis is a tiny bee with a glossy black and yellow body, often seen foraging alone on a wide variety of flowers. The most commonly-found member of the 10 or more species of Ceratina in Singapore Wiki-NUS

Spotted at Bukit Panjang – July 2021

Thanks, John Ascher Bees & Wasps of Singapore for the ID

Photos: Ceratina Nigrolateralis Female

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Ceratina Perforatrix

vids — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 13:49:27 +0000

Ceratina perforatrix is a relatively small bee, the female is 9 to 10.5 mm long, the male 8 to 9 mm. The body is metallic shiny blue, green or bronze. Wikipedia

Spotted at Choa Chu Kang – July 2021

Thanks Melissa Ong and Zestin Soh Bees & Wasps of Singapore for the ID

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Stingless Bee – Heterotrigona Itama

vids — Wed, 30 Jun 2021 01:49:07 +0000

Heterotrigona itama can be easily distinguished from other commonly encountered stingless bee species by size and coloration. It is the largest common species in Singapore, besides Tetrigona apicalis. Both H. itama and T. apicalis have a black body, but unlike T. apicalis which has split colored wings WIKI_NUS

Spotted at Dairy Farm Nature Park – June 2021

Thanks Zestin Soh Bees & Wasps of Singapore for the ID

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Euaspis polynesia

vids — Sun, 20 Jun 2021 03:19:55 +0000

Euaspis is a genus of bees belonging to the family Megachilidae. The species of this genus are found in Africa and Southeastern Asia. Species: Euaspis aequicarinata Pasteels, 1980 Euaspis basalis Wikipedia

Spotted at Bukit Panjang – June 2021

Thanks Zestin Soh Bees & Wasps of Singapore for the ID

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Black-notched Cloak and dagger Bee

vids — Tue, 15 Jun 2021 00:55:16 +0000

Thyreus ceylonicus is a species of bee belonging to the family Apidae in subfamily Apinae Wikipedia

Thyreus is an Old World genus of bees, one of many that are commonly known as cuckoo bees, and are cleptoparasites of other species of bees, mostly in the genus Amegilla. Wikipedia

Spotted at Dairy Farm Nature Park – June 2021

Thanks Melissa Ong Bees & Wasps of Singapore for the ID

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Black Dwarf Honey Bee

vids — Sun, 30 May 2021 13:38:29 +0000

Apis andreniformis, or the black dwarf honey bee, is a relatively rare species of honey bee whose native habitat is the tropical and subtropical regions of Southeast Asia. A. andreniformis was the fifth honey bee species to be described of the seven known species of Apis. Wikipedia

Spotted at Choa Chu Kang – May 2021

The Plant is Tristaniopsis whiteana

Thanks Zestin Bees & Wasps of Singapore Soh for the ID.

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