Mason Bees excavating mud for nests

August 4, 2013 | Filed under: Videos | Posted by:


These osmies fly much faster than honey bees …and they are in a hurry for a reason. As solitary bees, they work alone so every instant they are away from t…

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11 Responses to Mason Bees excavating mud for nests

  1. many .. and possibly always expanding as well … dragonflies..butterflies..spiders..bees..beetles..moths..fireflies..etc 🙂

    DreamingWorlds
    August 4, 2013 at 4:31 am
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  2. Thanks – good luck with your project. What insects will you being working with?

    solitarybee
    August 4, 2013 at 5:20 am
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  3. awesome .. thank you so much for your work … i plan to do the same but also branch into many species of insects/animals/plants

    DreamingWorlds
    August 4, 2013 at 5:48 am
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  4. I am very sad as my bees have done so poorly since 2010. Inly have about 9 cocoons out of their cells and a few leafcutters. Plus some that were covered in that hard crust. Forgotten the name of those.

    eccentricoldcow
    August 4, 2013 at 5:49 am
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  5. I am very sad as my bees have done so poorly since 2010. Inly have about 9 cocoons out of their cells and a few leafcutters. Plus some that were covered in that hard crust. Forgotten the name of those.

    eccentricoldcow
    August 4, 2013 at 6:47 am
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  6. Thanks Annette. I have more and more females each year so the excavation activity is quite frenetic. As there’s very little rain right now I am also watering the soil patch they have chosen to help them out – I think that it’s making a difference as tunnels are filling up rapidly.

    solitarybee
    August 4, 2013 at 7:43 am
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  7. Vielen Dank. Paul.

    solitarybee
    August 4, 2013 at 8:25 am
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  8. The females of this species have a lovely colour which looks especially golden when in sunlight. They also look a little like bumblebees because their thorax contains a big set of flying muscles. You can see by the speed that the first three fly out of the galleries that they are determined and pretty industrious. I hear that solitary bees are faster than honey bees and this doesn’t surprise me.

    solitarybee
    August 4, 2013 at 8:56 am
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  9. sehr interessant, Daumen hoch. VlG Hornissenpapst

    Jochen Zippel
    August 4, 2013 at 9:55 am
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  10. They’re such pretty bees. They remind me of a furry caterpillar we have here that is nicknamed “wooly bear”. LOL

    Thanks for the video. 🙂

    kittykatz506
    August 4, 2013 at 10:44 am
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  11. Terrific SB, thanks 🙂

    eccentricoldcow
    August 4, 2013 at 11:26 am
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