Author Gary Taylor ◦ I have previously seen the Megachile canifrons (a resin bee) popping the caps off Eucalyptus platypus flowers like champagne corks to get to the fresh new pollen and nectar within, but it was so fast I…
Author Gary Taylor ◦ Seeing a few Bembix (sand wasps) on the bee group lately (Bembicini mostly) so here’s another one that bares an uncanny resemblance to a bee, Bembix vespiformis… Sure, this close up you can tell it’s a…
Author Gary Taylor ◦ Never have found out what these little ones are but this week has brought the annual emergence of the Megachile “asoc” bees (as I call ’em) in my BeeTown… I gotta point out here “asoc” is…
Author Gary Taylor ◦ So, kinda continuing on from my previous post of why European honey bees are detrimental to our gorgeous little native bees, well another reason is that a lot of our little natives truly are little… This…
Author Gary Taylor ◦ For those new to native bees, you may have noticed a slight disapproval, perhaps even a tinge of animosity towards feral European honeybees, and wondered what the problem is… Well, basically they’re an introduced species that…
Author Gary Taylor ◦ I don’t usually post banded Amegilla pics, but it’s not ‘cos I haven’t seen ’em, they’re in abundance here, but that’s the thing, so abundant that they’re just a bit common… Don’t get me wrong, I…
Author Gary Taylor ◦ Ok, first up I apologize for the over abundance of bluey purple 😅 And for the keen eyed gardeners, yes, it’s the dreaded “Morning Glory” vine, 😄 terrible stuff, believe me it’ll cover your house in…
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…
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…
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…