Category: Guest Author

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  Living dangerously…

  aka The Bee and the Spider… Author Marc Newman ◦ The drama took place on a Yellow Button (Chrysocephalum apiculatum)… It wasn’t obvious to me, until I looked back at the photos on the monitor (the photos are in time… Continue reading

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  What’s that on the windsock in the poo ponds…

  Author Dorothy L. ◦ A perfect morning at ‘the ponds’, cool and crisp with the sun just over the ranges. No wind, good company and I hadn’t been to the “Poo Ponds” for a while. What’s that on the windsock,… Continue reading

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  Dunno what her chances are…

  Author Gary Taylor ◦ Took a quick run down to a mates place today a bit south of Gero (near Walkaway for those that know the Midwest) to give my dingo girl a run with her dingo boyfriend. Awesome area… Continue reading

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  Ruby… bubbling

  Author Gary Taylor ◦ Just a quick one…gonna try real hard not to get side-tracked this time… just the facts… I try not to post the same bee more than a couple of times and that the last one was… Continue reading

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  The bee most likely to fall out of bed…

  Author Gary Taylor ◦ The Thyreus waroonensis is kleptoparasitic, cute and just a little clumsy 😄 If there was a list of bees most likely to ‘fall out of bed’ as I call it, they would be right up the… Continue reading

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  What’s the buzz…

  Author Marc Newman and friends ◦ Our BBB (Blue Banded Bee) and Lipotriches muscosa are both buzz pollinators. On this flowering Nandina, is it a matter of who got here first… The Nandina is nearing the end of flowering, and… Continue reading

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  To bubble or not to bubble…

  Author Gary Taylor ◦ A quick one before I start my yard work… I spotted this little male Hylaeus on a Flame Grevillea (eriostachya) yesterday. He looked like was about to “bubble” but the wind was waving the long, skinny… Continue reading

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  Peek-a-boo…

  Author Gary Taylor ◦ “Peek-a-boo…”…the Amegilla (Blue banded bees) love the Morning Glory flowers, but they are only morning glory, by midday they’re closing up, done, finito, to be replaced by brand new ones the next morning… For the sleepyhead… Continue reading

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  Looking for Love…

  Author Marc Newman ◦ This male Dawson’s Burrowing Bee is checking if a female may be forthcoming. I doubt there was room to turn around and we didn’t see them backing in so this male is probably just entering the… Continue reading

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  Too much for Mrs Carpenter Bee

  Author Marc Newman ◦ Our miserable cold weather of the last two days was too much for Mrs. Carpenter Bee, who we found on our back steps waiting for the sun to warm her up. I could see her breathing… Continue reading

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  Lesser noticed (but often more exquisite) little native bees

  Euryglossinae and Hylaeinae Author Gary Taylor ◦ I gotta admit I’m a bit of a fan of our lesser noticed (but often more exquisite) little native bees, particularly Euryglossinae and Hylaeinae. Ok, quick run down here, bare with me, I’ll… Continue reading

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  Golden moments…

  Author Koh Lin ◦ There are times in your life when you can do something good. It may not be earth shattering or monumental, but it can leave you feeling good… and that cannot be bad… So it was that… Continue reading