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Bees Are Amazing
Spring of 2022 right up til Christmas Day was so much cooler than normal, so our natives were not flowering as normal, so bird life was quieter and we didn't see the bee activity as normal. Now they start to appear but temperatures are fluctuating at the moment a cold day or 2 then a boiling hot day will come along, but our wildlife adapts. I was reading an article recently in "THE LITTLE BOOK OF BEES" by Hilary Kearney and illustrated by Amy Holliday. I thought I would start this post sharing a little article with you. ...
From Birds to Bees
In Australia we have over 1,700 Australian Native Bees I haven't spotted the Blue Banded Bee to date but we have noticed they don't appear until it is really warm. I can always hear them as they are much loader than our Honeybee. Most of the bees we have on our property are the Honey Bees (see below 4 images) Today I spotted something that looked very small land on a Grevillea flower so quickly changed my lens so I could capture it. It was an Australian Native Bee. Australia has eleven species of the small black Stingless Bee (see...
Our Property Is A Buzzing With Bees
I never get tired or sick of the buzzing sound of bees which we have all year round, thanks to the many natives trees, shrubs and flowering gums. I heard that Bees can remember human faces and that doesn't surprise me because when I am photographing them I get up so close to them and they appear to look at me and I have never been stung by one yet (touch wood). So how did honey start? From reading and researching bees, I have learnt that in 2006 the oldest know Bee known as Melittosphex Burmensis was found encased in...
Shoyoen Japanese Garden
Lindy and I spent a long time planning our trip to Dubbo in 2019. We didn't realise just how dry the countryside was until we did this trip, specifically to go to Dubbo Zoo and the Shoyoen Japanese Gardens which we had heard were beautiful. We couldn't get accommodation during the New South Wales September school holidays with all accommodation being fully booked out, This is when we were told was the peak time for the gardens. So we booked the last week of October and with it being so dry, the gardens were not at their peak, many things...
Callistemons are popular with our Native Birds, Bees and Insects
Australian Native flowering trees, shrubs and ground covers plants are an amazing food source to a large number of bees, birds and other insects like the Callistemons They come in all sizes and have a variety of flower colors
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