| Blue-banded Bee - Amegilla sp.Family ANTHOPHORIDAEThis page contains pictures and information about Blue-banded Bees that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
Blue-banded Bees are known as buzz pollinators. They use special technique to get the pollen from flowers known as buzz pollination. They hold the flowers and vibrate with loud buzz sound. The vibration excited the flower which drop the pollen onto the bees body. Other insects do not know this technique cannot get the pollen. Every time the bees rest on a flower, we can hear a short loud buzz sound. Notice the bee's long tongue in the first picture. They use their long tongue to suck the nectar deep in the flowers as well.
Food Plant in the wild
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