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  • Honey bee and Mason bee on Dandelion Flower

    by Margriet Dogterom on February 13, 2011

    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 on February 13, 2011

    Update 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 February 9, 2011

     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 on February 9, 2011

    Quite 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 on February 5, 2011

    This 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 on February 5, 2011

    Scoop 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 on February 5, 2011

    Small 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 on February 3, 2011

    Since 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 on January 28, 2011

    Note 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 on January 28, 2011

    Hi Margriet: Here’s a couple of pics I took today. The umbrella had been hanging on…

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What are leafcutter bees?

  • Our CASTLE for leafcutter bees, pre-loaded with a nesting BLOK
  • Closeup of Nesting BLOK
  • Leafcutter bee close-up
  • Leafcutter bee peeking out of her nesting tunnel and ready for work
  • -collecting nectar
  • -bringing in a leaf and yellow pollen
  • -on a magic carpet
  • =plugging nest with leaves
  • -smaller than a homey bee
  • - fall harvested leavecutter bee cocoons and leafcutter bee
  • Filled nesting tunnel with leafcutter bee cocoons
  • Harvested leafcutter bee cocoons
  • Leaves and petals make up the leafcutter bee cocoon
  • A variety of leaves used by leafcutters to make their nest plugs.

mason bees

  • Male mason bee feeding on nectar inside a dandelion flower.
  • Female mason bee coming back with a load of pollen.
  • A sharp turn to her nest loaded with pollen grains.
  • Female preparing to land at her nesting tunnel.

Apple blossoms are pollinated after the pink stage.

comments

  • Andrew Frizzell on Releasing mason bees later – keeping them cool
  • Ray Corse on Releasing mason bees later – keeping them cool
  • Andrew Frizzell on Frank M. from Victoria, BC sends photos and writes about his mason bee “harvesting group”
  • scott on Frank M. from Victoria, BC sends photos and writes about his mason bee “harvesting group”
  • Andrew Frizzell on Winter Questions, Answers and Observations
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