No Vacancy at the mason bee condo
It took them awhile, but the entire condo is filled–as well as the tubes they hatched from. A job well done. I will miss these little bees who are around for such a very short time.
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Although I haven’t actually seen many mason bees around, it is easy to see they’ve been hard at work. This mason bee condo was empty two weeks ago. Now there’s only two spaces left and the lower one has a mason bee in it. The tubes on the left are where they hatched, and [...] I finally put out my tubes of mason bees about two weeks ago. Last year at this time, the mason bees were flying and the pear trees were in bloom. This year, it is still cold and rainy. The lawn splats when I walk across it and the paths to the outbuildings are slippery [...] An ocellus is a simple eye having a single lens. This type of eye does not form an image but acts as a photo receptor, detecting changes in light intensity and direction. Many arthropods have ocelli. They are especially common in arthropods that fly—such as bees. Bees have three ocelli on the crown of [...] One morning this spring I went outside ready to take photos of mason bees coming and going from the bee condo. What I found there wasn’t a bee but my cat, perched about eight feet high on the roof of the bee condo. Although my camera was basically prepared for some macro photography, I [...] The Adirondack chair, below, is in my yard. A close-up of one of the screw holes shows that a mason bee decided it was a good place to lay her eggs. A seal of mud now protects the eggs that are laid in individual compartments, end-to-end inside the hole. The fact that I provided [...] This guy crawled out of one of the mason bee tubes today as I was watching. He was probably stealing provisions and eggs. Unfortunately for him, he became chicken feed shortly after he modeled for this shot. Um . . . it could be a she. I’m clueless. Rusty
Unwelcome [...] Emerged today, March 24. Notice the three small eyes atop its head. Photo by the author. When planting a pollinator garden, keep in mind that pollinators need food during the entire growing season. Although some species live only a few weeks, different species become active at different times of the year. In other words, something must be in flower at all times throughout the spring, summer, and fall if you [...] |
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