Honey bee and Mason bee on Dandelion Flower
This is one of my favorite flowers! Dandelions are a welcome color in the spring…
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Bumble bees in bird house
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
Summer mason bees removed from their Quicklock-Corn nesting tunnels. This bee uses masticated leaf…
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Nest Placement-East facing
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
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
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
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.
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
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!
Hi Margriet: Here’s a couple of pics I took today. The umbrella had been hanging on…
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