Heat wave. No way are any mason bees still flying.
Now all my bees are in cocoons and developing. I put screens over
the condos to protect against birds.
Mason-bees are one of the groups of native bees.
When midsummer is in full swing, the most common bee in my yard are the bumblebees.
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Saturday, June 26, 2021
Thursday, June 24, 2021
Tuesday, June 22, 2021
June 22, 2021 Amazing
Today I was inspecting the mason bee condos. I observed one bee checking out condo number 4.
She was the an amazing bee. She is weeks after the bulk of the mason bee population. I did not observe her entering a tube, but she was definitely alive .
I will attempt to get photos of the mason bees which are still active, tomorrow.
Sunday, June 20, 2021
June 20, 2021
No more mason bee activity is being observed. Both condos 1 and 2 are virtually full of completed tubes. There are a few tubes which appear to be unused. Condos 3 and 4 are only half full.
It will be interesting to see what contents (if any) reside in the apparently empty tubes. Maybe I can figure out if I made construction errors which contributed to the bees avoiding the empty tubes.
Harvesting of the tubes will occur on about October 15
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