Mar 11, 2018
Chrysidids. Beautiful Ruby-Tailed or Jewel wasps That flash of iridescent metallic blue-green you observed near your solitary bee nest box was probably a wasp. It is likely to be a Chrysidid cuckoo wasp, a family of parasitoid and cleptoparasitic wasps. Their...
Nov 19, 2017
New! HimidiBee Red Mason Bee cocoon storage Bed down your hibernating Red Mason bee cocoons in the exclusively designed Crown Bees HumidiBee Specially imported to the UK and now available here. Limited stock A compact, humidity-controlled case protects your...
Nov 17, 2017
Win a Nurturing Nature Solitary Bee Observation Nestbox.. but hurry! Don’t miss out on your chance to win this amazing bee nesting box – join today and enter the prize draw to win one of Nurturing Nature’s award-winning bee nesting boxes. Nurturing Nature Ltd was...
Nov 13, 2017
25 flowers used by solitary bees for nectar and pollen Each one of the flowers is actually used by and in most cases, the bee is filmed actually foraging or has just finished foraging on it. All flowers were filmed in my garden, except for the parsnips growing on an...
Nov 9, 2017
Solitary bee pests presentation at Kew Gardens I had the privilege of giving a presentation to staff members, which included academics, researchers and students, at Kew Botanical Gardens. It was entitled “Is your bee hotel a nursery for pests and disease?”...
Nov 6, 2017
Sapyga quinquepunctata? sleeping inside Nurturing Nature Nestbox BWARS states that Sapyga quinquepunctata is a cleptoparasite of solitary bees, including the Red mason bee (Osmia bicornis), O. leaiana, O. caerulescens (Blue Mason bee) and O. aurulenta. Sapyga...
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