Bumblebees love the Valerian flowers. These flowers have reseeded throughout the garden and give off a pleasant heliotrope-like fragrance. This little guy has a tattered wing.
I got this "summer mason bee" house this spring. Some solitary bees like small holes and are active during the summer. A bee is using it! I haven't seen who filled them, but I'm watching and I hope to get more photos of the visitor.
I have Orchard mason bee houses that get used each spring. They have a larger hole than these.
Cool! I'd never seen a bee house like that.
ReplyDeleteI love your bug friends! I've read a lot about bee houses on Xerces website and know you often (once a year?) have to clean the cells out. How does that go for you? Yay for pollinators!
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I love those Valerian flowers...so pretty! I've never seen a bee house like that...cool!
ReplyDeleteooh nicely done! This is some of the loveliest photography of bees I have seen!
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