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ynk Pune, India Jun 15, 2019

They do love my flowers

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Jun 16, 2019

Good question. Although they look like tiny flies, I cannot see them clearly enough to be sure. Could you take some pictures of them off the flower on a plain white background?

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ynk Pune, India Jun 16, 2019

They move really fast so managed to get a few zoom ins!

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scatola Rome, Italy Jun 16, 2019

Could it be Austroplebeia australis or other similar Stingless Bee?
The plant I believe is a Haemanthus multiflorus.

Ciao, ciao

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Jun 18, 2019

They could be tiny bees such as those in the family Halictidae (see https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/Halictidae_-_Halictus_gemmeus.JPG for an example), but they certainly would not be Austroplebeia australis as that is an Australian species. Also, stingless bees (tribe Meliponini) are tropical/subtropical in distribution.

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ynk Pune, India Jun 23, 2019

Thank you all :)

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