Non-honey bees

The spring is there (at least in the area where I live!) and each day we can see more and more bees. One of the first thoughts of the freshly emerging males is… mating. They are looking for the virgin and receptive females of their species, alert to their pheromones and to their appearing on the horizon. However, sometimes they make spectacularly misdirected attempt of courtship. They can assault females of other bee species, male bees, and even insects other than bees.

There is an interesting project on iNaturalist.org named “Interspecies insect mating” where you can find a few bee observations. I recommend adding your own, if you are lucky to witness such situation!