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 phone on me, but I managed to get a couple of picture. These may be red mason bees, but I will try to get better pictures to try and check that.
You can see one emerging here after checking the place out. Just to the left the other is crawling in another tube.
They are checking out several of the tubes.
This may be a better shot if anyone can identify it. @solominer is the resident expert on Hive, but we will have some different species here in the UK.
It is great to see the bees making use of the tubes. The idea is that you take out the inners once they have been filled and store them safely to reduce issues with predators and parasites.
UPDATE: I meant to mention that I found some other wildlife today. We have had some rats in the chicken run and have resorted to some poison. I do not like killing things, but they could get out of control. I found one on the lawn, alive, but not moving around. I put it out of its misery. I did not take a picture.
Had to do a Double take there!! I thought it was 30 spliffs on first viewing 😋
Hopefully the bees take up residence man 🐝
LOL! I keep seeing the bees around there, so I hope they will use the 'spliffs'.
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They look like they are hitting them heavy too!! Hopefully they don't get the munchies or all your honey will be gone!! 😆
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BEER.They probably are Red Mason Bees. I hear they are more common there. Mine are Osmia Taurus which came from Asia a long time ago.
The bands on your bees abdomen tell me its different than mine. As the Osmia Taurus are a flat black. Yours appears to be fuzzy and have banding.
The white spot on their face means they are males I believe. So you should see some bigger females start visiting them soon.
Great post and thanks for sharing on The Pollen Flow.
I'm just happy to see them exploring the tubes. I pass there most days, so I can check on progress.
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Hehe yeah I watch mine all the time.. they are busy bees.
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BEER.I did the same , no voluntary tennents yet but I found a dead bumble bee so gonna do some photos with him
I'll be keeping an eye on mine and try to get some decent shots.
Actually I will add a bit to the post about the other wildlife I found...
I am watching like a hawk aswell and while searching I found her
I just found some ladybirds apart from the bees.
"I did not take a picture." - Cracked me up
It's almost a reflex to take pictures for social media these days, but at the time I was just concerned with getting rid of the rat.
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