Terry Collins writes:
Chookie wrote:
Does everyone know of the native blue-banded bee?

Black and white stripes across the abdomen? Otherwise look like a dumpy
(short and stumpy) imported bee?

Blue and black. The blue is the hue of our Aussie summer sky. The bee is
a bit broader than the imported Italian honey bee, but about the same
length, maybe a little bit shorter. I have seen the ones with white and
black bands, they are noticeably smaller, probably half the weight of
the blue-banded mortar bee, and I don't know what they are.

We had those here for three years, mostly feeding off the Plectranthus
(native weed) and Lyptospermum.
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John Savage (my news address is not valid for email)