Category: Bees

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  she slowly turns and slips away enticingly…

  Author Gary Taylor ◦ Meanwhile, back at the ranch, while I was out galavanting around the countryside (tho’ admittedly well worth it 🙂), unbeknownst to me, a little bee that I have been chasing for nearly 6 years, has been… Continue reading

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  Eremaea beaufortioides and the smallest bee I’ve ever seen…

  Author Gary Taylor ◦ A quick follow up on yesterdays post on the smallest bee I’ve ever seen. I was asked about the flower and something for scale… The flower is Eremaea beaufortioides, a native only found in a comparatively… Continue reading

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  Smallest bee I’ve ever seen…

  Author Gary Taylor ◦ Smallest bee I’ve ever seen… Dead set maybe a smidge over 2mm (and I’m a carpenter by trade, I know how small a millimetre is). Couldn’t even tell by eye it was a bee, it was… Continue reading

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  Aus Post Tracking and my mate Murphy…

  Author Gary Taylor ◦ Woohoo, my working week (well, 3 days) is done, 4 days off, my Eucalyptus platypus is flowering, the bees are turning up (I’ve spotted 5 different species so far but hoping that will double, at least,… Continue reading

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  urbanum or urbanus…

  Author Koh Lin ◦ The question is… “Lasioglossum (Homalictus) urbanum” and “Homalictus urbanus”, the same bee, so which is the correct spelling “urbanum‘ or “urbanus” … ALA has “Lasioglossum (Homalictus) urbanum“. Cath McInnesSame bee, different classification. See linkNow that Homalictus… Continue reading

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  Bembix YY 5000 and Bembix XY 5000

  Author Gary Taylor ◦ From several metres away, as some zipped from flower to flower while others, typical of some male bees, seemed to hover territorially over “their” patch, for a moment I thought I might have found another “new”… Continue reading

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  It’s all in the eyes…

  Author Andrew Turner ◦ Red eyes often signify an irritation in the eyes, or imbibing too much the night before… but these beautiful red eyes is just making a home for the young… Nature is beautiful… Check out other blogs… Continue reading

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  What a Wonderful World…

  Author Koh Lin ◦ One of my favourite songs growing up is What a Wonderful World, as sung by Louis Armstrong… the words resonating in my working day and through my life… I see trees of green, red roses too…… Continue reading

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  “Snow bees”

  Author Gary Taylor ◦ “Try catching the bee and put it in the freezer for a bit” they say, “it slows down their metabolism and you can get some good close up pics and then set them free” they say…… Continue reading

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  the cool embrace…

  Author Koh Lin ◦ In the cool embrace… a sleep that slowly ebbs…but not today… Retrieved from a swimming pool in Alice Springs, this Lasioglossum dotatum native bee, initially looked deceased. But life returned and it soon revived, shook off… Continue reading

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  Not so squeamish now…

  Author Koh Lin ◦ I remember once, I use to be squeamish about touching bugs and things… just as sad, was if they were in the home, as out came that spray or shoe… but times have changed. Since my… Continue reading

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  The wing venation thing again and why I suspect it’s Lasioglossum

  Author Gary Taylor ◦ Still some more from our last cloudy, rainy day out… The one in the first 4 pics I reckon is a male Lasioglossum (Parasphecodes). Male ‘cos even without counting the antennae segments (including the scape and… Continue reading