What have you noticed this week?
See what some others have noticed this week:
Maggie at: Farmers Wife Day By Day.
Helena at: Helenascreativemaven
With Spring arriving & moving right into the neighbourhood, I noticed lots of the Mason bees about & that's a good thing.
Mason Bees are hyper-efficient air pollinators & can do wonders for our fruit & garden crops. There is about 140 varieties of Mason Bees in North America, 200 types worldwide. Nice thing about Mason Bees - they don't sting! One thing I just learnt about Mason Bees, they require mud for their nests for the eggs to hatch in, it protects the newly hatched bee.
great captures and beautiful flowers they are pollenating
ReplyDeleteThanks Helena. Mason bees apparently are the king/queen of pollenating, still so much to know about these little workers & friends of the garden.
DeleteTook me a while to find the bee in the last one. Beautiful pictures of your flowers.
ReplyDeleteOh dear Maggie, I thought these photos, from my perspective, showed the bees off. Umm perspective ...
DeleteNot meant as a criticism. I enjoyed looking for them!
Deleteno criticism taken - when I look at the photos I know what I am looking for so from my perspective yeah there, but you're right it's not so easy to see if you don't know where to find ... it is a good reminder to me to know my audience & make sure my photos are sharp - it's all good :-)
DeleteGreat captures. I never knew they were called Mason bees. My new fact for the day!
ReplyDeleteOur local farmers are promoting the housing of Mason bees - the houses are being sold in almost every store, even the local variety & some craft stores like Michaels have a kid's Saturday workshop to make.
DeleteI had no idea about Mason bees. Do they look quite different than regular honey bees? Now I don't even know what I've been seeing at my place! Beautiful purple flowers. -Jenn
ReplyDeleteJenn I think Mason bees are just a tad smaller than the honey bees & I think it is Mason bees that are out & about this early ... SO much to learn about the bees. The crocus were all so vibrant this spring, they knew about the dull January.
DeleteI didn't know that's what they are called either. Interesting!
ReplyDeleteI find it interesting how the Universe presents stuff - yesterday I was interviewing a lady who has just taken up bee keeping & some of the interview time was taken up with discussing bees. I hope she gets the job because I would like to know more about backyard bee keeping.
DeleteBeautiful photos! Wish this was my backyard. We still have snow and it was snowing today. :(
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