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bares an uncanny resemblance to a bee…
Author Gary Taylor โฆ Seeing a few Bembix (sand wasps) on the bee group lately (Bembicini mostly) so here’s another one that bares an uncanny resemblance to a bee, Bembix vespiformisโฆ Sure, this close up you can tell it’s a… Continue reading
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Revision of the genus Chalcophorataenia in Australia
Author Mark Hanlon โฆ Hi All, I am assisting David Frank and Dominic Vondracek from the National Museum in Prague to undertake a revision of the genus Chalcophorataenia in Australia. There are 14 recognised valid species (together with many synonyms)… Continue reading
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Megachile “asoc” bees
Author Gary Taylor โฆ Never have found out what these little ones are but this week has brought the annual emergence of the Megachile “asoc” bees (as I call ’em) in my BeeTownโฆ I gotta point out here “asoc” is… Continue reading
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How do you like your Poached Eggs…
Author Koh Lin โฆ Well… sunny side up… for starters… Who doesn’t like poached eggs… they look glorious when you have them spread-out in front of you. The golden yellow yolks with the classic whites… ๐ But if you look… Continue reading
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face markingsโฆ like the 1980’s rock band eyeliner
Author Gary Taylor โฆ So, kinda continuing on from my previous post of why European honey bees are detrimental to our gorgeous little native bees, well another reason is that a lot of our little natives truly are littleโฆ This… Continue reading
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Art of Birds – Sequel
Author Koh Lin โฆ Photographer Dorothy Latimer โฆ Why speak, when an image can resonate all that is needed… Check out our following listed pages on the images of the birds above: Continue reading
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She wears it well…
Author Koh Lin โฆ The first line from that song popped into my head (I am showing my age now)… I had nothing to do on this hot afternoon… Well, that was not quite true… I was just taking a… Continue reading
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She knows the Euro has been following herโฆ
Author Gary Taylor โฆ For those new to native bees, you may have noticed a slight disapproval, perhaps even a tinge of animosity towards feral European honeybees, and wondered what the problem isโฆ Well, basically they’re an introduced species that… Continue reading
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smaller than average little Amegilla…
Author Gary Taylor โฆ I don’t usually post banded Amegilla pics, but it’s not ‘cos I haven’t seen ’em, they’re in abundance here, but that’s the thing, so abundant that they’re just a bit commonโฆ Don’t get me wrong, I… Continue reading
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bees do it…
Author Koh Lin โฆ There I was, just minding my own business, with my trusty mobile phone… thinking I wouldn’t mind snapping a few native bees in the park today… And there they were… a couple of Lasioglossum (Homalictus) on… Continue reading
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Morning Glory
Author Gary Taylor โฆ Ok, first up I apologize for the over abundance of bluey purple ๐ And for the keen eyed gardeners, yes, it’s the dreaded “Morning Glory” vine, ๐ terrible stuff, believe me it’ll cover your house in… Continue reading
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Doing its thing at my bee hotel
Author Marc Newman โฆ The gasteruption wasp… doing its thing at my bee hotel. Patrolling… Close up. Entering one bee nest to lay eggs. Entering another bee nest. She got a surprise with this one and exited quickly when this… Continue reading