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The Patchwork Leafcutter Bee Megachile centuncularis is well-known in our gardens, where it often cuts discs out of rose leaves for its nesting material. This population has a more exotic choice. Well, it is quite a posh neigbourhood.

We have one of those over-priced, ready-made units from the local garden centre. I suppose it pays off, as similar bamboo tubes in less-aggregated arrangements have yet to be colonised..

Bees are shown arriving on a single day, some carrying leaf discs, other not. Presumably the latter provide pollen. When sufficient work has been done on construction, the bee turns around and backs in to, presumably, lay an egg.

Some of the bees returning with leaves were less accepting of my presence than others and would land on the roof of the "hotel".

The shot of the "hotel" front show the sealed cells of more than one day's work.

Examples of cut Passiflora and Acer leaves are shown.

EM-1 (manual mode), Kiron 105, f16, twin TTL flash, hand-held.

Harold




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Aug 12, 2016 at 12:46 AM
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More.





© Harold Gough 2016


The shy one





© Harold Gough 2016


Egg-laying





© Harold Gough 2016


The hotel is filling up





© Harold Gough 2016


Passiflora





© Harold Gough 2016


Acer




Aug 12, 2016 at 12:50 AM
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Lovely series Harold - worth putting up with the holey leaves
Brian v.



Aug 12, 2016 at 03:20 AM
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LordV wrote:
Lovely series Harold - worth putting up with the holey leaves
Brian v.


I just see the holes as a reminder to look out for the bees. Mind you, I have just checked and found the Passion Flower to be the first purple variety to do at all well outside.

Harold



Aug 12, 2016 at 03:34 AM
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Neat stuff and well done Harold ~ Ron


Aug 12, 2016 at 07:56 AM
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Oh how interesting and amazing !! Love this set Harold.

Birdie



Aug 12, 2016 at 04:21 PM
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birdied wrote:
Oh how interesting and amazing !! Love this set Harold.

Birdie


Thanks, Birdie.

This behaviour is very familiar to gardeners here. It is also seen as a handy food source for our Green Woodpecker.

Harold



Aug 13, 2016 at 12:37 AM
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Tremendous series. Maybe I live a sheltered life but I've never seen such a thing..'til now.

Thanks for posting.

--Kim



Aug 13, 2016 at 04:06 AM
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Thanks - A learning set -
Paul



Aug 13, 2016 at 05:38 AM
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Thanks, Kim & Paul.

I have been very surprised by how little known these bees are in the USA. We have 7 species in the UK, compared to 242 in the USA!

http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollinators/pollinator-of-the-month/megachile_bees.shtml

Harold



Aug 13, 2016 at 05:49 AM





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