mastodon.ie

Sisyphus with a HatGot pretty lucky and spotted my first cuckoo leafcutter bee in the garden today - and Alternate Cuckoo leafcutter bee. I had to check the list of known species in the province to make sure of the ID. <a href="https://c.im/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bees</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pollinators</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/leafcutterbees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#leafcutterbees</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/parasiticbees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#parasiticbees</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/wildlifegardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wildlifegardening</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/yxe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#yxe</a>

Sisyphus with a HatNew bee species in the garden this afternoon. A golden-tailed leafcutter bee (Megachile relativa). On a smooth aster bloom.<a href="https://c.im/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bees</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/leafcutterbees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#leafcutterbees</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pollinators</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/wildlifegardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wildlifegardening</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/insectphotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#insectphotography</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/yxe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#yxe</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/smoothaster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#smoothaster</a>

The Bee GuyLate? Yep! Busy? Too! That slow tired right-antenna rub by this chilled leaf-cutter bee…exactly how I feel! I’m off to bed…don’t go fucking the <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/planet" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#planet</a> and the bees while I’m out…oh wait…never mind…carry on…or don’t…<a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/theBeeAt3" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#theBeeAt3</a> Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. # 123 # 122 contd. Research during the 1970’s found that <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/leafcutterbees" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#leafcutterbees</a> nesting in plastic straws resulted in a mortality rate of 90% for offspring. <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/plastic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#plastic</a> isn’t breathable, seals in moisture and promotes fungal growth. <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#bees</a> 🌍🐝

Ms. Que BanhAt <a href="https://beige.party/tags/WellandCommunityOrchard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WellandCommunityOrchard</a> they have a wall of <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BeeCondos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BeeCondos</a> for <a href="https://beige.party/tags/NativeBees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NativeBees</a> / <a href="https://beige.party/tags/pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pollinators</a> 🐝💗🐝 These tiny homes are used by <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BlueOrchardMasonBees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BlueOrchardMasonBees</a> & <a href="https://beige.party/tags/LeafcutterBees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LeafcutterBees</a> & <a href="https://beige.party/tags/SandWasps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SandWasps</a> & some other native bees.Honeybees provide us with honey & beeswax but they aren't native here.<a href="https://beige.party/tags/VancouverIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VancouverIsland</a> is home to at least 30 different native bee species. Almost all of these native bees are solitary.<a href="https://youtu.be/i_dBo0ewJv4?si=2Nljn8R-Y2iNyswk" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/i_dBo0ewJv4?si=2Nljn8R-Y2iNyswk</a><a href="https://beige.party/tags/WellandHeritagePark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WellandHeritagePark</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/CommunitySpaces" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CommunitySpaces</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/YYJgreenspaces" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#YYJgreenspaces</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Wsanec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wsanec</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/YYJparks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#YYJparks</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/VictoriaBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VictoriaBC</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/CommunityOrchard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CommunityOrchard</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/VancouverIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VancouverIsland</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/LegacyPark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LegacyPark</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/YYJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#YYJ</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/CommunityGarde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CommunityGarde</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ViewRoyal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ViewRoyal</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/LifecyclesProject" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LifecyclesProject</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#insects</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/CommunityStewardship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CommunityStewardship</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BeeHomes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BeeHomes</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/CommunityPark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CommunityPark</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/NatureVideo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NatureVideo</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BeesVideo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BeesVideo</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BeeLovers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BeeLovers</a>

Ms. Que BanhAt <a href="https://beige.party/tags/WellandCommunityOrchard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WellandCommunityOrchard</a> they have a wall of <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BeeCondos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BeeCondos</a> for <a href="https://beige.party/tags/NativeBees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NativeBees</a> / <a href="https://beige.party/tags/pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pollinators</a> 🐝💗🐝 These tiny homes are used by <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BlueOrchardMasonBees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BlueOrchardMasonBees</a> & <a href="https://beige.party/tags/LeafcutterBees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LeafcutterBees</a> & <a href="https://beige.party/tags/SandWasps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SandWasps</a> & some other native bees.Honeybees provide us with honey & beeswax but they aren't native here.<a href="https://beige.party/tags/VancouverIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VancouverIsland</a> is home to at least 30 different native bee species. Almost all of these native bees are solitary.<a href="https://beige.party/tags/WellandHeritagePark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WellandHeritagePark</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/CommunitySpaces" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CommunitySpaces</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/YYJgreenspaces" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#YYJgreenspaces</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Wsanec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wsanec</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/YYJparks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#YYJparks</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/VictoriaBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VictoriaBC</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/CommunityOrchard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CommunityOrchard</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/VanIsle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VanIsle</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/LegacyPark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LegacyPark</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/YYJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#YYJ</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/CommunityGarde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CommunityGarde</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ViewRoyal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ViewRoyal</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/LifecyclesProject" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LifecyclesProject</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#insects</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/CommunityStewardship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CommunityStewardship</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BeeHomes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BeeHomes</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/CommunityPark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CommunityPark</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nature</a>

The Bee GuyLeafcutter litter.The Bee Sanctuary of Ireland.<a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/leafcutterbees" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#leafcutterbees</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/leafcutter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#leafcutter</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#bees</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/solitarybees" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#solitarybees</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/naturephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#naturephotography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#photography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#nature</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/vegan" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#vegan</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/organic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#organic</a>

Ele Willoughby, PhDFor <a href="https://spore.social/tags/PollinatorWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PollinatorWeek</a> here’s 1 of a series of my prints about leaf cutter bees, each unique. These prints are both about, & a sort of collaboration with leaf cutter bees! These small, but multifarious native bees are important pollinators, who make nests for their babies using small telltale half-moon pieces they cut from leaves & petals. This work features 2 large linocuts of leaf cutter bees:1/n<a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linocut</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#printmaking</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MastoArt</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bees</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/leafPrint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#leafPrint</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/leafCutterBees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#leafCutterBees</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/pollinator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pollinator</a>

Ele Willoughby, PhDMay 20 is World Bee Day!Here’s one of my prints, one of a series of related prints about leaf cutter bees, each unique. These prints are both about, and a sort of collaboration with leaf cutter bees! These small, but multifarious native bees are important pollinators, who make nests for their babies using small telltale half-moon pieces they cut from leaves and petals. 1/ <a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linocut</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#printmaking</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/leafCutterBees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#leafCutterBees</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/NativeBee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NativeBee</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ecology</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sciart</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#conservation</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/washi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#washi</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MastoArt</a>

The Bee Guy<a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/theBeeAt3" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#theBeeAt3</a> Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. # 154.Plastic has become so ubiquitous in the planet’s <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#environment</a> that <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/leafcutterbees" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#leafcutterbees</a> have been observed using discarded <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/plastic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#plastic</a> instead of leaves in the construction of their nests. This is not positive <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#evolution</a>.<a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#bees</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/beesanctuaryireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#beesanctuaryireland</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/beesanctuary" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#beesanctuary</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#nature</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/naturephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#naturephotography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/solitarybees" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#solitarybees</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/socialenterprise" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#socialenterprise</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/vegan" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#vegan</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/organic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#organic</a>

KbookiThe mason bees have emerged! Even more of them than last year! I'm so happy! <a href="https://meow.social/tags/nativebees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nativebees</a> <a href="https://meow.social/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bees</a> <a href="https://meow.social/tags/MasonBee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MasonBee</a> <a href="https://meow.social/tags/leafcutterbees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#leafcutterbees</a>

Sisyphus with a HatSome more leafcutter photos. The barn can be seen on the left, with the colourful fresh cocoons. A bee is just visible entering a hole, on the middle right. The photo on the right was a rather lucky one, getting a little leafcutter in flight with its shadow quite visible. <a href="https://c.im/tags/leafcutterbees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#leafcutterbees</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bees</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pollinators</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/entomology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#entomology</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/prairieinsects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#prairieinsects</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/insectphotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#insectphotography</a>

Sisyphus with a HatA leafcutter bee (Megachile rotundata) on Rudbeckia in my garden, back in September. I have had a leafcutter bee "barn" in the garden since 2020 - the larvae overwinter in the fridge. <a href="https://c.im/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bees</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/leafcutterbees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#leafcutterbees</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pollinators</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/rudbeckia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rudbeckia</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/gardenflowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gardenflowers</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/insectphotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#insectphotography</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/entomology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#entomology</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/prairieinsects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#prairieinsects</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gardening</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/flowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#flowers</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/flowerphotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#flowerphotography</a>

Recent searches

Search options

Administered by:

Server stats:

#leafcutterbees