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
Upright hollow stems: much better than toxic mason bee houses
https://www.honeybeesuite.com/upright-hollow-stems-are-better-than-toxic-mason-bee-houses/
#masonbees #bees #nature #garden
Upright hollow stems: much better than toxic mason bee houses https://www.honeybeesuite.com/upright-hollow-stems-are-better-than-toxic-mason-bee-houses/ #leafcuttingbees #uprightstems #hollowstems #masonbees
#leafcuttingbees #uprightstems #hollowstems #masonbees
Set out some #masonbees in the garden today. The plum trees are ready to pop so let's go.
What happens when shrewd solitary wasps kill mason bees https://www.honeybeesuite.com/what-happens-when-shrewd-solitary-wasps-kill-mason-bees/ #Monodontomerus #parasiticwasp #masonbees #wasps #monos #Osmia
#monodontomerus #parasiticwasp #masonbees #wasps #monos #osmia
@TexasCre8ive @Mrfunkedude
I think that's why I decided the beaver gets first dibs. Humans push animals out of their habitats. I try to make my yard a haven.
I have bee condos I've made that are Full of bees (more than one kind!). No, I don't charge rent, lol. They are #MasonBees, native to North America.
I'm a sucker for animalia, I guess, lol.
With only 8 known localities, Osmia conjunctoides Robertson is a rare species; in the last 30 years it has only been found at one locality in FL (in 2001), prior to that the most recent record was from 1983. Thus this specimen, collected in 1988 likely represents the second most recent collection event for this species, and the location (Archbold Biological Station, Highlands Co., Florida) would be a new locality. #RareBees #MasonBees #BeesOfMastodon #bees #speciesatrisk
#rarebees #masonbees #beesofmastodon #bees #speciesatrisk