What is this??

[stardust1986]

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What is this?

My garden bushes are smothered in them... they sound like bees... they hover like hoverflies...

They don't look like a regular honey bee worker ... look more like drones but there are thousands of them... all you can hear in my garden is a buzz!

Ok that looks like a bee doesn't it but some are black

there are thousands of bee species so it is possibly one of those, plus they are on privet flowers which they like, i never cut my privet hedge until it finishes blooming in late july. the insects love it.

@littlepaddypaws yes It's quite funny because my partner has a bee phobia and hates me planting anything in the garden that attracts bees... I love them ;)

So anyway he's planted this privet and a lot of it too... now the garden is smothered in what I guess are bees ;)

Well done your husband. The more bees the better. We would be in huge trouble without them.

that's ironic, i guess he won't be trimming the hedge any time soon then.

The first picture looks like a hornet hoverfly

They're harmless btw!

@CrazyCatLady13 it does... I googled and there are also black ones of them too... hmm I'm thinking that's what I have

And yes yay for bees!!! I love bees!

I have about 10 solitary bed houses, and love watching the leafcutter bees cutting holes in my plants for their nests! It's my favourite part of summer when they're around.