Bee?

[fox403]

Ok spotted this large segmented bee in garden today any ideas?

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[Busy Bee]

Hover fly maybe

 

[fox403]

Defo not a hover,,think but never seen one a carpenter bee maybee?

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[fox403]

nice day up here north east today for a change,,i have not been able to get out cheak hives for last week with all the rain we have had,,new swarm cheak also see if the new queens started laying yet, also front page of hexham courant local people are following a dr and pulling out my hb along river bank,,( away down there with my cattapult ) enjoy your day all

 

[tkwinston4]

I am with the hoverfly theory...............http://www.gardensafari.net/english/hoverflies.htm

 

[richardbees]

ditto hoverfly - there's some really big ones

 

[fox403]

flew like a standard bee, to me this is a closer match....
http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgu...9&ndsp=9&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:176&biw=766&bih=592

 

[Headnavigator]

Looks very like the leafcutter bees I've had nesting in my tubes this past week (sorry not my personal tubes, you follow)!

 

[Headnavigator]

View attachment 4430
Self-explanatory!

 

[Mosquito]

leafcutter bee.
I have a few in my house wall.