Different bees ??

[BEEBEGIN]

Hi People
Ok hopefully I will be able to ask the correct type of question on this.
History.
We live and work on some ones estate and part of it is in what w call the walled garden.
So the other day i was on the part of it that i have planted plants against the wall ie climbers etc.(I know I am goig on a bit.
Anyway there I was knelt down doing some digging and I notised these what looked like a small version of a Bee eexcept they had a very dark abdomen and a orange coloured neck same as a huney bee.Then i noticed that they were going in and out of holes in the ground.
I kept doing what I had to do keeping a eye on the (bees?) they did not seem to bother about me as long as I did not get to close,then from know were there sat what I took to be the queen of them,she also went in and out of the ground but then did not come out again.
Does any one know what these are please and are they ok with my bees as they did not seem to get on with each other let alone another type of creature. (I will try to get a pic)
Hope someone knows??
Regards
RNG

 

[freethorpe bees]

Sounds like a tawny mining bee to me. There is another thread on here with a pic, I would attach it but dont how to! Search for tawny mining bee on here and you'll find it.

 

[Foxylad]

http://www.bugsandweeds.co.uk/bees.html

 

[BEEBEGIN]

Ok
Thank you,had a look at the link.The one in pics are quite orange?The ones that we have her have a very black abdomen?
RNG

 

[BEEBEGIN]

http://www.bugsandweeds.co.uk/bees.html

Thank you for the link.Check it,yes the holes are the same but bee colour is totaly different as in they are very black abdomen?
But as long as they do not heart or bother my bees then that is ok.
RNG

 

[BEEBEGIN]

http://www.bugsandweeds.co.uk/bees.html

PS did not have time today but will try again tomorrow for a pic of them.
RNG

 

[freethorpe bees]

Probably still a mining bee. There are alot of different species, different colours and sizes.

 

[BEEBEGIN]

Thank you for all the info.
I presume as you have not said that there is not a problem with them and honey bees?
Thank you.
RNG

 

[keithgrimes]

there are dozens of species of mining bee. No problem with honey bees. Its wasps (later in the year) that you need to watch for.

 

[Dishmop]

Sounds like the same ones I have in my garden.....
Look at the pics in the Peek a Boo thread..