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It is almost certain that some of these, usually a trifle smaller than the honeybees, are andrenas or mining bees.

There are about 200 different kinds of Andrena in Europe alone.

One of my favorites is A. armata, a species very common in England, where it is sometimes referred to as the lawn bee.

The females like to burrow in the short turf of well-kept lawns, where their little mounds of earth often appear by the hundreds.

Almost equal in size to a honeybee, A. armata is much more beautiful in color, at least in the female of the species: a rich, velvety, rusty red.

The males are much duller.