--- title: "두 가지 색을 띤 벽돌벌" date: 2026-06-29 author: "Dragos Nistor" featured_image: "https://honeybeeandco.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/two-coloured-mason-bee-osmia-bicolor.avif" categories: - name: "꿀벌 카테고리" url: "/ko/bees-category.md" tags: - name: "지역" url: "/ko/tag/local.md" - name: "벽돌벌" url: "/ko/tag/mason-bee.md" - name: "독거벌" url: "/ko/tag/solitary-bee.md" - name: "영국의 꿀벌" url: "/ko/tag/uk-bees.md" --- # 두 가지 색을 띤 벽돌벌 🐝 3개 이상 구매 시 무료 배송 🐝 ![Two-coloured mason bee, Osmia bicolor, a black bee with a bright ginger-red abdomen](https://honeybeeandco.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/two-coloured-mason-bee-osmia-bicolor.avif "Two-coloured Mason Bee 1")*Osmia bicolor*, the two-coloured mason bee. [알베스가스파르](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Osmia_bicolor1.jpg), [CC BY-SA 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0), 위키미디어 공용에서. Osmia bicolor| 벽돌벌 지역 Snail-shell nester Chalk grassland [비즈 허브](https://honeybeeandco.uk/ko/%ea%bf%80%eb%b2%8c/) [세계 꿀벌 지도집](https://honeybeeandco.uk/ko/%ec%84%b8%ea%b3%84-%ea%bf%80%eb%b2%8c-%ec%a7%80%eb%8f%84/) [영국 꿀벌 지도](https://honeybeeandco.uk/ko/%ec%98%81%ea%b5%ad-%eb%82%b4-%eb%b2%8c%ec%9d%98-%eb%b6%84%ed%8f%ac/) [벌이 없는 접시](https://honeybeeandco.uk/ko/%eb%b2%8c%ec%9d%b4-%ec%97%86%eb%8a%94-%ec%a0%91%ec%8b%9c/) 영국의 벌 종류 ## 두 가지 색을 띤 벽돌벌 *(Osmia bicolor)* Osmia bicolor (Schrank, 1781) · family Megachilidae --- The two-coloured mason bee, also known as the red-tailed mason bee, is one of the most extraordinary of all our wild bees. The female is a smart, black-and-ginger insect of chalk and limestone grassland, and she does something no other British bee does: she builds her nest inside an empty snail shell, then roofs it over with a little wigwam of grass. It is one of the very first solitary bees of spring. See where it sits among Britain's bees on the [영국 토종 벌 종 분포 지도](https://honeybeeandco.uk/ko/%ec%98%81%ea%b5%ad-%eb%82%b4-%eb%b2%8c%ec%9d%98-%eb%b6%84%ed%8f%ac/), 혹은 전 세계의 꿀벌들 중에서 [세계 꿀벌 지도집](https://honeybeeandco.uk/ko/%ec%84%b8%ea%b3%84-%ea%bf%80%eb%b2%8c-%ec%a7%80%eb%8f%84/). ## 한눈에 보는 정보 일반명Two-coloured mason bee 다른 이름으로는Red-tailed mason bee 학명*Osmia bicolor* 권한Schrank, 1781 가족Megachilidae (mason bees) 영국의 지위Local; chalk and limestone 크기Medium (female about 12 mm) 여성Black with a ginger-red abdomen 중첩Inside empty snail shells 활성Late February to July 사료Spring blossom and low flowers CamouflageA grass "wigwam" over the shell 킹덤동물계 문절지동물 수업곤충문 주문막시류 가족메가킬리과 속*Osmia* 종*Osmia bicolor* ## A black and ginger spring bee The female two-coloured mason bee is unmistakable: a medium-sized bee, around 12 mm long, with a black head and thorax set against an abdomen clothed in dense, bright ginger-red hair.[\[2\]](#r2) That bold two-tone pattern gives the bee both its names. Males are smaller and plainer, brownish or greyish with paler bands and only a hint of red at the tail, and they are among the very first solitary bees to appear each year, sometimes flying as early as late February.[\[2\]](#r2) The only real source of confusion is the much larger and fluffier *Osmia cornuta*, a recent and very localised arrival in southern England.[\[2\]](#r2) ## The bee that nests in snail shells Here is what sets this bee apart from every other British bee. Rather than digging a burrow or using a hollow stem, the female nests inside an empty snail shell, choosing the shells of snails such as the banded snails (*Cepaea*), the Roman snail (*Helix pomatia*) and the Kentish snail (*Monacha*).[\[1\]](#r1) Working deep inside the spiral, she provisions a row of cells with pollen, about four or five depending on the size of the shell, dividing them with partitions of leaf mastic, a putty she makes from chewed green leaves.[\[1\]](#r1)[\[4\]](#r4)[\[5\]](#r5) She fills the last space with a rubble of tiny shells and chalk, plugs the entrance, and turns the whole shell so the opening faces the ground, sometimes part-burying it.[\[1\]](#r1) Shell No other bee in Britain does this. The two-coloured mason bee raises its entire family inside the cast-off shell of a dead snail.[\[1\]](#r1) ## A thatched roof of grass The most remarkable sight comes once the nest is sealed. The female gathers dead grass stems, leaf fragments and small twigs, many of them far longer than her own body, and carries them back one by one to build a loose canopy, a kind of wigwam or thatch, over the shell, binding the pieces with her saliva.[\[1\]](#r1)[\[2\]](#r2) The purpose is not certain, but it almost certainly hides the nest from the parasites and predators that would otherwise raid it, such as the cleptoparasitic sapygid wasps.[\[2\]](#r2) A small black-and-ginger bee flying low across short turf with a long grass stem held in her jaws is one of the quiet wonders of a chalk hillside in spring. She carries grass stems many times her own length to thatch a roof over a snail shell, the only British bee to build itself a hidden, grassy tent. ## 어디서, 언제 볼 수 있는지 The two-coloured mason bee is above all a bee of calcareous country: chalk and limestone grassland, downland, old quarries and cuttings, the rides of chalk woodland and calcareous coastal dunes, with the empty snail shells and short, warm turf it needs.[\[1\]](#r1)[\[2\]](#r2) Most records lie across southern England, south of a line from the Severn to the Wash, though it is spreading north into the Midlands, using brownfield sites as stepping stones.[\[2\]](#r2) Males appear from late February or March and females a week or two later, with the flight running on to early July; both visit spring shrubs such as sallows, blackthorn and hawthorn, and low flowers including bird's-foot-trefoil, kidney vetch, dandelion and violets.[\[3\]](#r3) It is a local species, scarce away from its calcareous strongholds.[\[6\]](#r6) Feb One of the first solitary bees of the year: males can be on the wing in late February, with females and nest-building following from spring into early July.[\[2\]](#r2) ## A scent, and two colours 속명 *Osmia* comes from the Greek for "odour", after the lemony scent mason bees use to mark their nest entrances, while *bicolor* simply means "two-coloured", for the black-and-ginger female.[\[7\]](#r7) It was described by the Bavarian naturalist Franz von Paula Schrank in 1781.[\[7\]](#r7) Like all members of the family Megachilidae, she carries pollen not on her legs but in a brush beneath the abdomen, so a foraging female is dusted with pollen along her belly.[\[8\]](#r8) ## 구분하는 방법 The female is one of Britain's most recognisable bees, around ten to twelve millimetres long, with a jet-black head and thorax and an abdomen clothed in bright gingery-red hair, which is why she is also called the red-tailed mason bee.[\[8\]](#r8) Males are smaller and a duller brown, easily mistaken for other spring bees.[\[8\]](#r8) It is a bee of chalk and limestone country, calcareous grassland and open woodland, found mostly south of a line from the Wash to the Severn.[\[8\]](#r8) ## Why the two-coloured mason bee matters This is a flagship insect of one of Britain's richest and most threatened habitats, the unimproved chalk and limestone grassland that supports so many of our scarcer wildflowers, butterflies and bees.[\[1\]](#r1) Because it needs several things at once, short warm turf, a good supply of empty snail shells, spring flowers and undisturbed ground, its presence is a sign of a healthy old grassland. Protecting and gently grazing that grassland, and resisting the loss of brownfield mosaics that now help it spread, is the surest way to keep this one-of-a-kind bee on our hillsides. The same spring blossom that feeds this bee feeds our honeybees too. Explore the range of single-origin raw honeys in the [HoneyBee & Co. 매장](https://honeybeeandco.uk/ko/shop/). ![HoneyBee & Co. 생 아카시아 꿀 1병, 280g](https://honeybeeandco.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/acacia-honey-600x749-1.avif "Two-coloured Mason Bee 2")#### 생 아카시아 꿀 당사의 대표 제품인 아카시아 생꿀: 색이 옅고 은은하며 결정화가 느린 것이 특징입니다. 니스토르 가문의 양봉장에서 채취한 이 꿀은, 280g 용기 하나하나에 6대에 걸친 양봉의 전통이 담겨 있습니다. £10.99. [아카시아 꿀 쇼핑하기](https://honeybeeandco.uk/ko/%ec%95%84%ec%b9%b4%ec%8b%9c%ec%95%84-%ea%bf%80/) ![HoneyBee & Co. 영국산 천연 야생화 생꿀 1병, 280g](https://honeybeeandco.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/wildflower-honey.avif "Two-coloured Mason Bee 3")#### 영국산 야생화 꿀 Raw honey from Midlands meadows and hedgerows, the same spring flowers a mason bee gathers. 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Her head and thorax are black while her whole abdomen, or tail end, is covered in bright ginger-red hair, giving the strong two-tone look that both common names describe. Do mason bees really nest in snail shells?This one does. The female finds an empty snail shell, provisions a row of cells inside it with pollen, divides them with chewed-leaf partitions, plugs the entrance and turns the shell opening-down. It is the only British bee with this habit. Why does it cover the shell with grass?After sealing the nest, the female builds a loose canopy of dead grass stems, twigs and leaves over the shell, bound with saliva. The exact reason is not certain, but it is thought to camouflage the nest and protect it from parasites and predators. When is the two-coloured mason bee active?It is one of the earliest solitary bees of the year. Males can appear in late February, females a week or two later, and the flight continues into early July, in a single generation. Where does the two-coloured mason bee live?Mainly on chalk and limestone grassland, downland, quarries and calcareous coastal dunes across southern England, with a northward spread into the Midlands via brownfield sites. It needs short, warm turf with empty snail shells and spring flowers. Do two-coloured mason bees sting?They are docile and pose no real concern to people. As solitary bees they have no colony to defend, and they are far more interested in snail shells and grass stems than in anyone watching them. Does the two-coloured mason bee make honey?아닙니다. 각 암컷은 자신의 유충에게 먹일 만큼의 꽃가루와 꿀만 저장할 뿐, 수확할 수 있을 만큼의 잉여분은 절대 저장하지 않습니다. 꿀을 어느 정도 양으로 만드는 것은 꿀벌뿐입니다. 다음의 벌 종류들을 비교해 보면 [세계 꿀벌 지도집](https://honeybeeandco.uk/ko/%ec%84%b8%ea%b3%84-%ea%bf%80%eb%b2%8c-%ec%a7%80%eb%8f%84/). ## 관련 종 [같은 속붉은 벽돌벌 Osmia bicornis더 보기 →](https://honeybeeandco.uk/ko/%eb%b6%89%ec%9d%80-%eb%b2%bd%eb%8f%8c%eb%b2%8c/) [Mason family패치워크 잎자르기벌 메가킬레 센툰쿨라리스더 보기 →](https://honeybeeandco.uk/ko/%ed%8c%a8%ec%b9%98%ec%9b%8c%ed%81%ac-%ec%9e%8e%ec%9e%90%eb%a5%b4%ea%b8%b0%eb%b2%8c/) [Mason family양모 빗질벌 안티디움 마니카툼더 보기 →](https://honeybeeandco.uk/ko/wool-carder-bee/) ## 출처 및 참고 문헌 1. BWARS (꿀벌·말벌·개미 기록 협회). 종 설명: *Osmia bicolor* (nesting in empty snail shells of *Helix*, *Cepaea* 그리고 *Monacha*, four or five cells, leaf-mastic partitions and plug, shell-and-chalk rubble, grass canopy, calcareous grassland, univoltine April to early July). bwars.com. 2. Falk, S. *영국과 아일랜드의 벌에 관한 현장 가이드*, 블룸즈버리, 그리고 스티븐 포크의 플리커 컬렉션: *Osmia bicolor* (black-and-ginger female, male separation, confusion only with the larger *O. cornuta*, forage, the grass wigwam against sapygid wasps, southern range and northward spread). 3. The Wildlife Trusts. Red-tailed (two-coloured) mason bee: snail-shell nesting, chalk and limestone grassland, early-spring males, forage on spring shrubs and low flowers. wildlifetrusts.org. 4. Else, G.R. 및 Edwards, M. (2018). *『영국 제도의 벌에 관한 핸드북』*. Ray Society (taxonomy and the biology of *Osmia* in the Megachilidae). 5. 몬머스셔 비즈 (개발을 위한 비즈). *Osmia bicolor*: cavity nesting in empty snail shells, leaf-mastic cell partitions, single generation March to July, forage plants. beesfordevelopment.org. 6. 니에토, A. *등.* (2014). *유럽 꿀벌 적색 목록*. IUCN / 유럽연합 간행물 사무국 (보전 현황 관련). 7. Schrank, F. von P. (1781), original description. Etymology: Greek *Osmia*, "odour" (the lemony scent used to mark nest entrances); Latin *bicolor*, "two-coloured" (Exotic Bee ID; Wilson & Carril, 2016). 8. BWARS species account and Falk, S. (2015): snail-shell nesting, leaf-mastic cells, grass thatching, calcareous habitat, southern distribution, and the abdominal pollen scopa of the Megachilidae. bwars.com. ![3대에 걸쳐 이어온 니스토르 가문의 양봉가들](https://honeybeeandco.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Nistor-Fanel-Nistor-Grigore-and-Nistor-Dragos.jpg "Two-coloured Mason Bee 5")Dragos Nistor HoneyBee & Co. 설립자 · 그리니치 대학교 객원 강사 HoneyBee & Co.는 6대에 걸쳐 이어져 온 가족의 양봉 전통을 바탕으로, 니스토르(Nistor) 가문의 양봉장과 엄선된 영국 생산자들로부터 공급받은 꿀을 사용합니다. 당사의 영국산 꿀 공급업체는 SALSA 인증을 보유하고 있으며, 15% NHS 할인을 제공합니다. 모든 병은 가공되지 않은 생꿀로, 여과 과정을 거치지 않았으며, 어느 벌통에서 생산되었는지 추적할 수 있습니다. 장바구니 [생꿀 구매하기](https://honeybeeandco.uk/ko/shop/)