Black honeybee?

[RosieRoww]

Could that be a black honeybee?
I saw it in my garden for a first time ever, never before.

Looks more like a fly.
There are flies which are bee mimics

Def not a honeybee, sorry OP

Well it was actually quite big, I did some Googling and think it may be a carpenter bee.

It doesn't appear to have a fluffy thorax like a carpenter bee

it's a kind of fly from the shape of her wings.

carpenter bees are jet black and the wings shimmer sort of blue metallic.

Possibly. But the antenna? Looks more fly than bee.

It's a hoverfly

I don't know then.😂😁

Sorry it's a type of fly 😁 you can tell from the eyes, antennae and wings easily enough once you know the difference. Still pretty though

a black hoverfly