A very early flowering blackberry cultivar attracts many insects now including this big-headed solitary bee. It looks like a Big-headed Mining Bee.
Above looks like a male Red Mason Bee,
Osmia bicornis whilst below, collecting pollen is clearly a female Red Mason Bee. Males don't do any such work to provision a nest.
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