Bee Flies are Very Interesting to Watch Feed discusses bee flies which are flies that strongly resemble bees. It particularly discusses their feeding habits and an unusual feeding behavior noticed by the author.
The Southeastern Blueberry Bee is an Amazing Pollinator discusses this interesting bee’s unusual lifestyle. It also tells readers about how these bees are effective pollinators for blueberries and other early spring blooming plants.
Carpenter Bees are Scary, but Harmless and Very Helpful discussed the pros and cons of the eastern carpenter bee. It also tells readers about their unusual social structure and mating habits and discusses the various types of carpenter bees.
Paper Wasps Have a Very Interesting Social Structure and Lifestyle explains how these beautiful wasps over winter and how they start new colonies in spring. It also touches on their complex social structure.
Wild Honey Bees Have an Interesting History and Lifestyle explains how honey bees came to the New World and where they came from. It also describes their social structure and lifestyle.
The Common Eastern Bumblebee is a Powerful Pollinator discusses the life cycle and the life style of the most common bumblebee in eastern North America. It also explains why these bees are such great pollinators that they are sometimes raised for use in agriculture.
The Beautiful Five Banded Thynnid Wasp is Great for Gardens! gives readers some basic information about these interesting insects and explains why they are so helpful in gardens. It also discusses the author’s first encounter with them on a nature walk.
A Beautiful Two Spotted Bumble Bee Searches for a Meal is a short video of a bumble bee probing several small flowers on a button bush ball while looking for nectar.
The Organ Pipe Mud Dauber is Really Great for Gardens explains how this unusual, black wasp helps gardens by pollinating flowers and helps gardeners by killing spiders.
National Pollinator Week Makes for Happy Bees and Others! reminds everyone of the incredible importance of pollinators in both agriculture and ecosystem maintenance. It gives a bit of history on this international event.
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