Saturday, December 31, 2011

Oliebollen for the old and New Year.

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Here are the Oliebollen.  Very good indeed! Wishing you all the best for the coming year!

Bringing in the New Year with Oliebollen

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My Dutch neighbour Alie told me that she is going to make oliebollen. This is a Dutch tradition that I remember from my childhood.  It is a ...

Web site news- Happy New Year!

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Bonnie, my web guru and I figured out that we should and that we can have two categories of homes under mason bee homes.  This would be easi...
Thursday, December 29, 2011

Beediverse web site

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I have been working on my Beediverse website and have some thoughts on organizing Beediverse products in a couple of additional categories. ...
Sunday, December 25, 2011

Ground nesting bees in a local school ground

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A neighbour of mine reminded me of the local ground nesting bees at her school.  Some pictures were taken and we should be able to get them ...
Friday, December 23, 2011

New Item-Mason Bee Home Kit

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I am continuously on the lookout for items that might be of interest to mason bee enthusiasts.  We have just added  a Mason Bee Home kit t...
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Thursday, December 22, 2011

Whistler- Christmas

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We headed up to Whistler the other day.  An annual Christmas gathering of friends.  It was a lot of fun.  The drive along Howe sound, throug...
Friday, December 16, 2011

Six Inch Petri dishes and How to use them.

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Six inch diameter petri dishes are very handy to have when keeping mason bees, especially when storing cocoons.  Winter storage of cocoons ...
Thursday, December 15, 2011

Discovery of new Sweat Bee Species

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Researcher discovers 11 new sweat bee species, four in New York City area Alfonso emailed me today and let me know about this interesting...
Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Andrena colony update

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Here is an update from researcher Mike "We would very much appreciate if you could place a request on your blog. Coastal B.C. would b...
Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Researcher is looking for Andrena bee ground nesting colonies

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This researcher would like assistance with locating a ground nesting colony of Andrena bees.  (Stylopized bees are parasitized bees).  If yo...
Sunday, November 27, 2011

Inside the nest: cocoons inside 'cotton fluff"

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There have been half a dozen reports of cotton fluff inside the nesting tunnels.  Here is one I found myself.  Most of the fluff is just tha...
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Inside the nest- Resin bees

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 When I find resin bees inside nesting tunnels, I remove any mason bee cocoons , remove mason bee debris out of tunnels with a tooth brush...

Horshoe Bay, BC: An early winter

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19th Nov 2011.  I took this photo at the Horshoe Bay ferry terminal en route to Gibsons, BC.  The snow level is about 800 feet above sea l...

Inside the nest:Beneficial wasps

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Here the beneficial wasp is inside a routered tray nesting tunnel,  securely within its mud vestibule. TODO:  Remove any mason bee cocoons...
Sunday, November 20, 2011

New Limited edition -Scoop with natural wood handle

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Randy from Olympia has created a unique and premium product for Beediverse. The new product is a handcrafted scoop with the handle crafte...
Sunday, November 13, 2011

Inside nests: Mix of cocoon types and wasp pupae

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Last week a mason bee keeper asked me to look at these two photos and give them feedback on the insects inside the nesting tunnels.  Every n...
Saturday, November 5, 2011

What do mason bee cocoons look like inside the nest?

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These cocoons were harvested early October just when weather was getting colder and water was condensing on the Quicklock nesting trays. E...

Pink grub inside nests

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Harvesting cocoons from Corn Quicklock trays is fun.  You open two pieces of interlocking trays and you see what is inside.  Every row tells...
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Friday, November 4, 2011

Nesting materials- 4mm corrugated plastic

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I use a wedge of corrugated plastic to secure nesting trays into a Highrise home.  Corrugated plastic sheeting is made from 100% recyclable ...
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