Category: Guest Author
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sleeping Waroona cuckoo bee… under the Woolly Bush
Author Gary Taylor ◦ Thyreus waroonensis, the Waroona cuckoo bee… Fairly common around here but I haven’t got any really good pics of one feeding on a Woolly Bush yet… Haha, for all you wonderful up ‘n’ coming bee stalkers,… Continue reading
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Under the Woolly Bush… bubbling Amegilla
Author Gary Taylor ◦ Under the Woolly bush… Stoked with this one, this is another bucket list shot ticked off, Amegilla bubbling. For those unaware it’s something a lot of native bees do. They suck up a heap of nectar… Continue reading
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Under the Woolly Bush…
Author Gary Taylor ◦ First pic, There’s always that one child that refuses to have their midday nap… 😄 I was doing my usual bush run out through midwest WA, had had a pretty successful morning, got some new bees… Continue reading
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Will you still love me, when I lose my looks…
Author Marc Newman ◦ Togetherness…kissy… The male is losing his colours, but I think she still loves him :-))) Ahhh. Feels good… Our blue boy back in full plumage… Superb… Footnote & References Check out more blogs and contribution by… Continue reading
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too bloody cold, I’m going back to bed…
Author Gary Taylor ◦ I’ve had a couple more Megachile nests hatch in the last couple of days, and yes I know that word “hatch” is believed by many to be used incorrectly… Haha and I’ll probably get a stern… Continue reading
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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