on 25-12-2013 08:14 PM
I saw a "bee" in our garden. It was very interested in our first time flowering prickly bottle brush (I think they are a bit rare).
It looked like a normal honey bee but was more sturdy, like a maori waarrior is more sturdy than a normal caucasian guy.
Also instead of being brown/yellow it was white/black around the bum and looked like a "heavily built zebra bee".
Does anyone know what it was?
I thought it must be native being so interested in that native shrub but I have never seen one like it before.
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on 25-12-2013 08:24 PM
Amegilla cingulata?
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on 25-12-2013 08:20 PM
Anything here?
http://www.aussiebee.com.au/beesinyourarea.html
on 25-12-2013 08:26 PM
@**meep** wrote:Amegilla cingulata?
yes that looks just like it!
on 25-12-2013 08:30 PM
I wanted to buit a dry wall to put the bird water on top and i thought that lizards could live in there.
how do i do it so these bees will nest there and not be eaten by lizards or spiders?
on 25-12-2013 08:40 PM
I have no idea......We have blue- tongue lizards and bees who seem to co-exist happily in the backyard. Maybe just leave them to sort things out...
on 25-12-2013 09:00 PM
hhmmmm they nest in riverbanks....
it's too dry here to simulate that.
maybe if i just add a bit of mortar here and there with some sand/dirt in it? i didn't really mean to built a solid structure.
on 26-12-2013 07:56 PM
That's really nice that you care about the little critters, so many dont
on 26-12-2013 08:04 PM
I think a good topic for the photo contest might be . . . interesting insects/spiders (critters) in our gardens.
on 26-12-2013 08:32 PM
@kennedia_nigricans wrote:hhmmmm they nest in riverbanks.... it's too dry here to simulate that. maybe if i just add a bit of mortar here and there with some sand/dirt in it? i didn't really mean to built a solid structure.
ive had them in the adelaide hills, maybe not the same variety, but the honey was the best i've eaten (i only removed a small part to try)
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