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  • 29/01
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    Length of bee tongues

    This received via Dave Stocks at the Gilroy, CA, ‘The Buzz’, reprinted there from Bee…

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  • 29/01
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    Releasing mason bees later – keeping them cool

    Hi Margriet – when is your best guess as to when to put out the…

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  • 04/11
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    Release and stay!

    “Nesting all but finished now at our condo terrace, down to the last dozen nesting…

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  • 02/03
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    Insect Hotel: No Vacancy

    Our insect homes are living up to their name! John Mc.  reported a find that…

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  • 09/05
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    Bee ‘Catcher’- a cool tool!

    Under certain circumstances, it is handy to have a container into which you can place…

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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

  • Liz Marion on Releasing mason bees later – keeping them cool
  • Jessica Sullivan on Bumble bees in bird house
  • Narda on Inside the nest: cocoons inside ‘cotton fluff”
  • Bob on Spring Questions, Answers and Observations
  • Marlene Davis on Bumble bees in bird house

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