Category: Guest Author

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  Doing its thing at my bee hotel

  Author Marc Newman ◦ 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

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  Fleeting moments of reflection

  Author Dorothy L ◦ Sometimes life is just about those moments of reflection… Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybrida) at the Alice Springs Sewage PondsPhotographs © Dorothy Latimer Check out more blogs and contribution by Dorothy Latimer. Continue reading

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  2 bee or not 2 bee

  Author Gary Taylor ◦ To bee, or not to bee? That is the question — whether ’tis Stenotritidae (Ctenocolletes) albomarginatus… 😃 Haha, right on cue, earlier this week we stopped at a favourite spot that should be chockers with yellow… Continue reading

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  Where there is goodness, there is magic!

  Author Di Bickers ◦ 🌿💙Be still, my beating heart!!!💙………I could hardly contain myself when this happened💙🌿 🥰💙”Where there is kindness, there is goodness. Where there is goodness, there is magic!” 💙🥰Australian Duskhawker Dragonfly (Austrogynacantha heterogena) Photographs (iPhone7) © Di Bickers… Continue reading

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  Megamouth

  Author Marc Newman ◦ Leioproctus muelleri (Megamouth) female about to enter nest. Ron and I went straight to the location as we were armed with lat/lon coordinates. Luckily we were able to drive right there after a spraying contractor unlocked… Continue reading

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  a cuckoo wasp staking out her nest…

  Author Gary Taylor ◦ Meanwhile, back in BeeTown, a little potter wasp hasn’t even finished building her house, let alone moved in and started storing baby food yet, and she’s already got a cuckoo wasp staking out her nest… Tough… Continue reading

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  Euhesma “taylori” – part 2

  Author Gary Taylor ◦ Back out bush, I have to put one last one on from last week’s pics, the bee I was actually searching for, my latest new bee discovery (Thanks Ken) Euhesma “taylori” 😄 Yeah, I know, it’s… Continue reading

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  Euhesma “taylori” …

  Author Gary Taylor ◦ I am so fickle… 😆 First day off work since I found my new favourite (unknown) bee, the big fluffy golden Stenotritidae, possibly a new species, so I went back out bush hoping for some clues… Continue reading

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  the call of nature

  Author Gary Taylor ◦ Here she is, my favourite new bee for the year so far… Isn’t she just gorgeous… These girls are huge (and seriously loud in flight), and so golden and fluffy… And when the light catches that… Continue reading

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  a bit of bubbling…

  Author Gary Taylor ◦ A quick one before work… and before I get into this weeks new bees… meanwhile, back at the ranch, with several species of Megachile nesting and the ever growing rubricata population still increasing, my BeeTown is… Continue reading

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  The honey bee and the unopen lemon blossom

  Author Koh Lin ◦ The European Honey Bee (Apis mellifera for the more sciencey among us) are a common sight among flowering plants. At this time of year in Australia, the citrus trees certainly attract their share of attention. Many… Continue reading

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  just when you thought your day couldn’t get any worse

  Author Gary Taylor ◦ Stuck on a Hakea with a spike through the wing, just when you thought your day couldn’t get any worse, some big (possible) predator looms in over you… “Oh crap…” 😆 Just a Euro honey bee… Continue reading