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29 Apr 2020 1 minute read 4 comments Solominer
While I was checking out my garden one day I came across a Bee hanging out in some vines. It looks like it was just resting, at the time there were no flowers opened yet so it was not drinking any nectar. It was just sitting on the leaf of the Akebia...
28 Apr 2020 2 minute read 2 comments uthus2000
I think beekeepers are more tuned in to certain sounds and smells than most folks. I know that I can hear bees in tops of trees when most people wouldn't. It's not that they can't hear the bees - they're just not attuned to them. And I've found a cou...
27 Apr 2020 6 minute read 1 comment jday1235
Welcome to the first installment of my NBoNA Blog! jday the New England Naturalist here to begin my dive into the world of native bees! So, without further delay, let's get started so you can see why I think native bees are an important topic to car...
24 Apr 2020 1 minute read 5 comments jday1235
Greetings and welcome to my bee blog! Here I hope to spread the word about the amazing four thousand plus species of bees that we have here in North America! Honey bees (Apis mellifera) has gotten most of the media attention when it comes to the "Sa...
22 Apr 2020 2 minute read 7 comments Solominer
There are many cycles these Bees go through. It starts with the larva forming into a pupae after eating its pollen ball made by the previous generation of females. It then spins a cocoon and awaits spring time to emerge once temperatures get abo...
21 Apr 2020 1 minute read 4 comments Solominer
I am now in week two of curation with MSP, this week I was looking for Bees. I came across many of my posts, but I am not a minnow, nor am I looking to curate my own content.. haha I did find 5 minnows with some good bee posts, its always good to se...
20 Apr 2020 2 minute read 0 comments Solominer
The Bees have been busy building homes for over a month and progress is being made. Some of the holes have been mudded over. They have also found my pile of Bamboo. I was using it as plant markers when I started new bushes or trees. I cut them up an...
11 Apr 2020 1 minute read 12 comments Solominer
About a month back I dug some trenches for Asparagus, shortly after doing this I found alot of Mason Bees visiting the dirt near by and collecting it to build their homes. I could see dozens of them at a time all around harvesting the mud. Though get...
10 Apr 2020 3 minute read 0 comments Solominer
I was glad to see the Bees are taking to the boards I made for them during the winter. There were concerns that their preferences are more complex than what I could construct for them. Though it would seem they are much more flexible on homes than I...
7 Apr 2020 1 minute read 2 comments Solominer
For the last few days my internet has been having stability issues. Though it seems to be over and now I can start streaming my webcam showing off the Bees I am raising once again. These are not Honey Bees, or Bumble Bees, they are more like Carpe...
