Author Gary Taylor ◦ You notice over time that certain types of flowers will attract certain types of bees, yet others aren’t remotely interested… But everyone loves a platypus. Eucalyptus platypus, also known as the Coastal Moort, has to bee…
Author Gary Taylor ◦ My posts are usually happy but this one’s a bit of a sad one… I was standing near my BeeTown, but just back a bit ‘cos I’d noticed several different male Megachiles using a nearby post…
Author Koh Lin ◦ Life can be hard… from birth through to death. For many, there are choices in life, unless of course you born as a Belenois java teutonia, aka the Caper White Butterfly, then your life is pre-determined.…
Author Gary Taylor ◦ The making of the resin bee’s nesting cap So, The Art of a “resin bee” making her nursery chamber cap… I’ve used a couple of different species to put this together. The first two pics are…
Author Gary Taylor ◦ Another common sight on the Morning Glory vine that has taken over at my place (hey, it’s green, it flowers profusely, the bees love it…) is Thyreus waroonensis, or (rather unimaginatively) the Waroona Cuckoo bee. For…
Author Dorothy L. ◦ This morning at 06.00 hrs, I literally dragged myself from my comfy bed as I had an appointment to meet people at the sewage ponds!!! I’d had a huge week, busy, busy. But enough of that.…
Author Koh Lin ◦ Life can get complicated… sometimes, things do not go right… the smooth sailing has hit some turbulence… and there appears to be no way out. So it is, your life may become a tangled web… or…
Author Gary Taylor ◦ what I do know, is that the more you know, the more you know… you really need to know more… These pics are in reverse order… First pic, “How’s this, is that better? Have you got…
Author Dorothy L. ◦ WOW so much water in the gorge, the banks are wonderfully green, the sky is cloud free and a vibrant azure blue. Then I heard this loud squark, squark, squark, and there atop a dead tree…
Author Koh Lin ◦ Sometimes in your everyday life, Mother Nature throws an unexpected moment your way… There I was, working busily in the garden at my work place in Alice Springs… I was looking in the cabinet drawer for…