Author Ken Walker ◦ Australia’s “Marsupial” bee — a world first. It is known that female bees carry mites on their body. While these mites are on the bee, they are in the non-feeding dormant stage called hypopial nymphs. Once…
Author Gary Taylor ◦ And the flavour of the month goes to… Megachile aurifrons! Well done Fronsy! There’s been some great pics… I didn’t get any 😅 In the first pic she seems to have small eyes and a weirdly…
Author Ken Walker ◦ I’m glad you enjoyed the 80 stack single image from Gary Taylor’s bee. My research work occurs mainly in the world of under the microscope and I am privileged to see animals (in this case bees)…
Author Gary Taylor ◦ Contribution Ken Walker Ok, so here’s an oddity… I went to check on my bees… 1st pic, just to set the scene, one of the apartment blocks in my BeeTown showing eight Meroglossa rubricata in their…