Monthly Archives: November 2012
Chris
Great pictures. I am not too sure who the culprit is here. Several mason beekeepers have sent me pictures with cotton in and around nesting tunnels. We are still searching for the culprit!
Hi there,
These may be the beneficial wasps. The crop of bees this year is terrible as the weather this last spring was awful.
Cheers
Kevin in Tofino
Yes, the large yellow grubs look like beneficial wasps. Clean out the rest of the channels, and close up the nesting tray. Set out with cleaned trays ready for next spring. Margriet
We are excited that Beediverse will be at the next Seattle Flower and Garden show on Feb 20-24 2013. Come and visit our booth and bring your questions. We will have lots of knowledgeable people at the booth to answer your questions.
We are at Booth 2319. We are sharing a double double booth with West coast Seeds. a combination of mason bee products and seeds will be available for your garden.
Mason bee cocoons will also be available at the show.
 2012 booth |
I have been busy harvesting all my cocoons, cleaning cocoons and nests, doing mason bee workshops and getting ready for the busy December and spring seasons.
November is the beginning of the real winter season, and unless you have already dealt with your mason bees, this is a good time to open your mason bee nesting tunnels, harvest mason bee cocoons and clean the nest.
Of course there are a lot of details that are missing from this list, but the above list is an overview.
Winter is hibernation time
Over the life of this blog I have included many posts on various topics. Look up the following posts in the SEARCH window (at the top of this blog). The blog search engine will search for all articles that have that specific word in the title of the text. Try:
inside the nest
cleaning nests
cleaning cocoons
washing
candeling
