Bee Movie - Strange Insect

Whilst watering the plants this afternoon I noticed a rather strange bee that I did see a week ago. It behaves more like a fly as it sits and preens itself rather than collecting nectar. I don't know if this is some other species or variety or just happens to be a deformed bee. Any ideas? Sorry, but there's no Jerry Seinfeld in this Bee Movie.


Bee Movie - not starring Jerry Seinfeld

Bees Are Busy Working At My Place

I did the fruit and veg shopping this morning and when I arrived home couldn't avoid hearing the buzzing of many bees. They're busy collecting nectar and pollinating our berry tree out the front. In fact you need to avoid them a bit trying to enter the house because there are so many of them. I did notice one who was a bit larger than the rest, his eyes appeared to be bigger and he wasn't doing a lot of work. Dashed inside to grab the camera and took a few pics of the bees close-up.

Do you see what I see B1? What do you see B2?

Bee at work

Bee close-up

Bee coming in to land

Bee hiding

Bee levitating

Bee not doing much collecting

Bee with big eyes

Bee with head down and bum up

Busy bee