Category: Guest Author
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The “buzz pollination” club
Author Gary Taylor ◦ Lipotriches (Austranomia) australica, another one of my favourites that I reckon doesn’t get the “airtime” that she deserves. You’ll often see posts of male Lipotriches, fairly drably dressed in faded flannel compared the girls, and all… Continue reading
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Reflected Moments
Author Koh Lin ◦ Photos by Dorothy L. ◦ The dictionary interprets the word ‘reflection’ as an instance of reflecting especially, (as in the return of light or sound waves from a surface); the production of an image by or… Continue reading
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The unmistakable eyes of Megachile aurifrons
Author Gary Taylor ◦ The unmistakable eyes of Megachile aurifrons, also known as the “Golden browed resin bee” (‘cos that’s what really stands out with this bee isn’t it… 😄). The bee in the following pic with the yellow and… Continue reading
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How long do native bees live for
Author Gary Taylor ◦ How long do native bees live for, and do they hibernate? Common question, I’ve always said “about four weeks” and “No, not really, well sort of, their pupae can remain kind of dormant, waiting until warmer… Continue reading
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Sweat running down my face…
Author Gary Taylor ◦ So after waiting patiently in the one spot, sweat running down my face and stinging my eyes but I can’t wipe it out in case I scare the bee off… Oh great… now something big is… Continue reading
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The Road Ahead
Still here and facing the road ahead… So here we are, we have made it through to 2022, leaving behind the turmoil we have lived through and looking into an uncertain future. The ground is seemingly scattered with debris of… Continue reading
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The Definition of Mental Anguish…
Author Gary Taylor ◦ The definition of mental anguish 😄 — I was doing one of my favourite local Midwest WA road trips, taking the gravel back roads where you can pull over anywhere you like to snap a few… Continue reading
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Felted Love…
A bee in the making Author Koh Lin ◦ Who knew that a journey into the world of bees, would lead me into the secret lives of another world. There are Facebook groups (they are like secret clubs) that cater… Continue reading
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It’s a jungle out there!
Author Koh Lin ◦ Wow… there is excitement plus outside our house… a hive of activity… With the nesting behaviour of the Golden-browed Resin Bees (species Megachile aurifrons), the frantic flitting to and fro of the Masked Bees (Hylaeus sp),… Continue reading
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Hylaeus mysterium puella…
Author Gary Taylor ◦ Hylaeus mysterium puella… Sorry that’s not her real name, yes she is Hylaeus, but mysterium puella is just latin for mystery girl, which is what I called her ‘cos she was apparently quite possibly a new… Continue reading
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Raining on the Rock
The 1% Club ◦ Author Shebah Alice Springs ◦ As I sit here listening to the pouring rain, I have a flashback of another time… Christmas was coming up quickly and although I love being with family, 2016 was spent… Continue reading
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Flashback with friends…
We had been in Central Australia for just over a year, when in 2007, our friends Tum and Patrice came to visit. We have been thinking of them lately and have looked back through our photos of that time and… Continue reading