Bizzy, Bizzy, Buzzy, Fuzzy Bee

The buzzing fuzzy golden-brown body of an Osmia rufa solitary bee.... she is almost at the end of her work on this egg tube.... then she'll be off to find another vacant tube for the next set... this year has been so good for them, I've had to bundle up more canes and drill more 9mm holes in blocks of wood and old logs... all the tubes here are almost full.... these are next year's fruit tree pollinators
There are more species to come that like to use these "bee tubes"... including tiny resin bees that lay their eggs in 4 to 5mm holes... I drill holes from 4mm to 10mm and collect hollow twigs/canes/stems to bundle up.

Lens:
Irix 150mm Macro