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steevc (75)in The Pollen Flow • 18 hours ago
Bees moving in
I few weeks back I put out some nesting tubes from MasonBees.co.uk that are designed for solitary bees. Today I noticed a couple of bees checking them out. I only had my…
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solominer (75)The Mason bee guyin The Pollen Flow • 23 hours ago
Sneak peak video of a Mason bee chewing through their cocoon
I made a series of macro videos while my bees were emerging from their cocoons, this is just a preview of the two part series that will show them chewing through their cocoon and…
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solominer (75)The Mason bee guyin The Pollen Flow • 2 days ago
Mid season Mason bee update
With the emerging of the males about a month ago, and now the females emerging during mid spring. We are half way through the season for these little solitary bees. This is the…
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solominer (75)in OCD • 3 days ago
Giving myself a haircut
Recently I started cutting my own hair, well more specifically buzzing it off. I like getting my hair buzzcut about twice a year, and for the longest time friends helped me with…
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solominer (75)in Photography Lovers • 4 days ago
Spearmint plants - Macro Photography
There is a section of mint in my yard, no matter the weather... it does great. It has seen frosts and temps down into the 20s and usually is still perky and strong. Only once…
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solominer (75)The Mason bee guyin The Pollen Flow • 5 days ago
Male mason bees emerging early in the season
The first to emerge are the male Mason bees, I usually see them a few weeks before the females emerge. I think nature does this in case we get a harsh freeze early spring. By…
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solominer (75)in Palnet • 5 days ago
Solos weekly picks - Macro photography
Seeing the world up close really changes my perspective on life sometimes. The power of macro lenses show off the complexity of life out in the world. And there were some great…
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solominer (75)in Photography Lovers • 6 days ago
Peach blossoms - Macro Photography
Getting peaches can be hit or miss depending on how the spring pans out. Sometimes we get warm weeks followed up by freezing days, and if that happens when they are flowering…
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Breakdown: 14.72 HBD, 29.39 HP
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solominer (75)in Succulent growers • 7 days ago
One of my of cactus is forming flowers
With the warm weather upon us it seems one of my cactus noticed spring was here and started budding. If it indeed flowers this will be my first cactus flower growing them in…
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solominer (75)in ecoTrain • 8 days ago
Spring garden update - Sweet potato slips
About a month ago I started soaking some of my sweet potatoes I grew from last year. I chose some spuds that were already forming eyes so they were ready to start growing. Within…
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solominer (75)The Mason bee guyin The Pollen Flow • 10 days ago
Honey bee comb progress - Macro video
It has almost been a whole week since each of the hives have been filled with three and a half pounds of bees. The queen has now been freed and should start increasing the hives…
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solominer (75)in ecoTrain • 11 days ago
Spring garden update - Apple trees
These two cultivars have been in the ground for about a year now. I have one Cortland and one Honey Crisp. Hopefully they will cross pollinate when they eventually flower and…
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solominer (75)The Mason bee guyin The Pollen Flow • 12 days ago
Honey bees Day 3: Checking on the queens and changing entrance reducers
I was told by the bee provider I should check on the queen to see if shes been freed within a few days. The workers have to eat through a candy plug to free her and I was there…
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solominer (75)in Palnet • 12 days ago
Solos weekly picks - Springtime
Around where I live Spring started a week or two ago, but for many winter is still a thing and going on. But for many of us a little more south we are getting to enjoy the warmer…
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solominer (75)The Mason bee guyin The Pollen Flow • 12 days ago
Beehive observations a few days in
The bees have had over the weekend to adjust to their new surroundings. I can see some of the bees bringing in pollen on their legs which is great. And the queen is almost free…
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solominer (75)in Fascinating Insects • 13 days ago
Carpenter bee feeding on Mahonia flowers
While I was observing the flowers forming on this Leatherleaf plant, I noticed a pollinator flying around and visiting the flowers. Its not a Mason bee, or Honey bee, but a…
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solominer (75)The Mason bee guyin The Pollen Flow • 14 days ago
Honey bees Day 2: adding sugar water and ant barriers
After installing the packages, I gave them some time to adjust. But I was concerned about how much sugar water they needed. Especially in the top feeders that only hold about a…
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solominer (75)in ecoTrain • 14 days ago
Controlling weeds with cardboard and woodchips
I have been helping out to care for some thornless blackberry plants, the weeds all around have been encroaching on these plants so something had to be done about it. The weeds…
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solominer (75)The Mason bee guyin The Pollen Flow • 15 days ago
Installing my packages of Honey bees
I got myself enough bees to start off two hives, around 20,000 bees total. They arrived in these wooden crates, the queens are in little containers and there are sugar water…
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solominer (75)in Foodies Bee Hive • 16 days ago
Sautéed greens straight from the garden
Awhile back I had the opportunity to take some unwanted plants from a farm, they were from the previous season. But with the cold weather still around I figured these greens may…
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