Xylocopa violacea [Linnaeus, 1758]
This isn’t a black honey bee, it’s a carpenter bee, aka Xylocopa (from Greek Xylo meaning wood). Carpenter bees were discovered by Swedish entomologist Carl Von Linné in 1758.
They tend to nest in trees as shown on the French Wikipedia page, much more documented than its English equivalent for some reason. All shot in our gardens in the Ariège. The plant is Acanthus whose leaves are reminiscent of those seen on Greek and Roman columns.
I'm a photographer and watercolourist. I have practiced photography since childhood and digital photography since 1995. I turned it into my main occupation in 2021. I own a photo studio in Paris, France.
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Je suis photographe et aquarelliste. Je pratique la photographie depuis l'enfance et la photographie numérique depuis 1995. J'en ai fait mon activité principale en 2021. Je possède un studio photo dans le 15e arrondissement de Paris
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Je suis photographe et aquarelliste. Je pratique la photographie depuis l'enfance et la photographie numérique depuis 1995. J'en ai fait mon activité principale en 2021. Je possède un studio photo dans le 15e arrondissement de Paris
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Very fine work!
Thank you kindly
I’ve never heard of carpenter bees before! Thank you for the introduction through your lovely images, Yann.
Thanks Heide. In all honesty I hadn’t either. I thought they were black bees but my research proved otherwise. In any case I found that insect very impressive. Its size was massive.