This plasterer bee is active by early March. Lives in sandy lowlands, dry meadows and forest edges.It is prone to the (kleptoparasite?) parasitic sweat bee (
Sphecodes albilabris) :
flic.kr/p/sRvGcSL: 14-15mm Phylum: Arthropoda LATREILLE; 1829 (arthropods, Gliederfer)Subphylum: Hexapoda BLAINVILLE, 1816Class: Insecta LINNAEUS, 1758 (insects, Insekten)Subclass: Pterygota LANG, 1888 (Fluginsekten)Order: Hymenoptera LINNAEUS, 1758 (bees, ants & wasps, Hautflgler)Suborder: Apocrita GERSTAECKER, 1867 (Taillenwespen)Superfamily: Apoidea LATREILLE; 1802 (Bienen & Grabwespen)Family: Halictidae THOMSON, 1869 (furrow or sweat bees, Schmal- und Furchenbienen) Subfamily: HalictinaeTribus: HalictiniGenus:
Halictus LATEILLE, 1804
Halictus sexcinctus FABRICIUS, 1775 (Sechsbindige Furchenbiene)[det. B. Jacobi, 2016, based on photos]more info (German):
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halictus_sexcinctusand:
www.wildbienen.de/eb-hsexc.htmGermany, Berlin: Park Hasenheide, 30-50m asl., 12.06.2014 IMG_4828