This is one of my favorite flowers! Dandelions are a welcome color in the spring…
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Bumble bees in bird house
by Margriet Dogterom onUpdate 31 July 2017. Thanks Kathy (Langley, BC). These photos are awesome pictures of bumblebees…
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Setting out summer mason bee cocoons in a release box
by Margriet Dogterom on Summer mason bees removed from their Quicklock-Corn nesting tunnels. This bee uses masticated leaf…
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Nest Placement-East facing
by Margriet Dogterom onQuite a few new mason bee enthusiasts have asked me about nest location. The best…
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Unsuccessful development of young mason bees
by Margriet Dogterom onThis nesting tray contains 5 nesting tunnels. The upper nesting tunnel contains cocoons with a mud partition…
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Harvesting cocoons-with scoop and bucket
by Margriet Dogterom onScoop tool Scoops are modified screwdrivers and are a boon to harvesting cocoons. The angle…
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Releasing cocoons for emergence by the 1000’s
by Margriet Dogterom onSmall and large release box with piano hinged lids Small release box with simple lid.…
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Blog interest in North America, S. America, Europe, Asia, Eastern Europe and Russia.
by Margriet Dogterom onSince the beginning of this blog (Dec 12th of 2010) people have visited from 19…
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Wasp predators found in Escape/Emergence boxes
by Margriet Dogterom onNote escape hole of box in foreground and the escape hole in the adjacent box.…
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Mason bees use an umbrella as a nest site!
by Margriet Dogterom onHi Margriet: Here’s a couple of pics I took today. The umbrella had been hanging on…
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