For #PollinatorWeek my ‘Redbud and the Bees’ #multimedia piece (#linocut #woodcut #printmaking #collage) explores how #redbud trees, are increasingly common in Toronto due to their popularity with gardeners and a warming climate. They are popular with our native #bees but this includes the Eastern carpenter bee (whose range is also expanding with climate change) …
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#pollinators #sciart #insects #biodiversity #climateChange #carpenterbees #leafcutterbee #masonbees #Toronto #MastoArt
#pollinatorweek #multimedia #linocut #woodcut #printmaking #collage #redbud #bees #pollinators #sciart #insects #biodiversity #climatechange #carpenterbees #leafcutterbee #masonbees #toronto #mastoart
Violet Carpenter Bee, Xylocopa violacea Canon 7D EFS 60 2.8 f/2.8 1/320 iso: 500 Prague, Czech Republic September 2, 2021 #bees #Xylocopa #carpenterbees #Hymenoptera #Apidae #pollinators #insects #invertebrates #macro
#bees #xylocopa #carpenterbees #hymenoptera #apidae #pollinators #insects #invertebrates #macro
I saw the strangest thing yesterday: a honeybee hitching a ride on the back of a male carpenter bee. Very hard to catch on camera and I wasn’t sure what I was seeing at first but it soon became clear that both bees were alive, not fighting, not fucking, the honeybee was just riding the carpenter bee like a horse! 😳 wow!
#bees #honeybees #carpenterbees #nature #pollinators
#bees #honeybees #carpenterbees #nature #pollinators
Welp, we've got #carpenterbees in the side of the house, by the roof. We could fill the holes with wood putty, but if the wood is too far gone I'd love to just move the beam into the woods (let the bees have their home) and replace the wood with a new board.
Anybody have experience with this? I really want to avoid insecticide if I can help it, and I don't want to hurt these important #pollinators.
#carpenterbees #pollinators #bees #insects #askfedi