Taking immense joy in the frankly embarassing amounts of insect hotels I've set up being just totally overrun with happy new tenants for the season. #bees#pollinator
I am starting #ArtAdventCalendar with this Eastern Snail Shell Mason Bee (Osmia conjuncta), a small North American blue bee which makes nests in suitable empty snail shells! In my linocut I show this adorable little pollinator with a Cepaea shell. Each print is 8” by 8” on delicate Japanese kozo (or mulberry) paper. I am truly charmed by the idea of a snail shell nest!
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We are in October but the hard cold hasn't hit yet and on sunny days like this one was, the bees are frantically busy, lining up for a feed, like Grand Central Station at the ticket counter.
Our story on joint interaction disinvestment of #plant-#pollinator systems in response to #InsectDecline was accepted at Evolutionary Ecology and is now available online:
this must have been delicious, to attract so many different bees. I took loads of photos, trying to get them all in. This is what we hoped for when we planted them.
It's a Collarette dahlia, ridiculously colourful, a real joy to see in the garden. And obviously not only for us.
Happy, happy Monday everyone.
Lawns use a lot of water. Native plants use a lot less water. Many native plants are beautiful flowers. They also help bees, which are endangered and upon whom are agricultural system and ecosystem depend.
Clover lawns also use a lot less water, require much less maintenance, and help bees.
Bwahahahaha I forgot the name of one of the #wildflowers in our #pollinator#garden so I used iNaturalist's seek app and also we should be terrified of #police using #AI to find ne'er-do-wells
For the record, it's not weed. It's a soft hair marbleseed native to the US southeast.
So this is definitely not a bumblebee! I would say that's enough variety. 😄
These cute little bees are currently plentiful in our garden and especially in the morning you can photograph them while they wake up. 🙂