We have green sand wasps here. They come flying as soon as we dig in the sand. Then they try to get in the ears. Really annoying, but we have never been stung.
Good Morning! in 2018
- poultry_admin
- Site Admin
- Posts: 2321
- Joined: Mon Dec 07, 2015 8:27 pm
- Location: West Lorne, Ontario
- x 1949
- Contact:
Re: Good Morning!
0
Be brave enough to suck at something new!
Political Grace: The art of disagreeing well.
Political Grace: The art of disagreeing well.
- poultry_admin
- Site Admin
- Posts: 2321
- Joined: Mon Dec 07, 2015 8:27 pm
- Location: West Lorne, Ontario
- x 1949
- Contact:
Re: Good Morning!
Looking for picture of the month entries until Sunday night July 16th. We start voting on Monday!
Submit your entry with caption here:
viewforum.php?f=94
Submit your entry with caption here:
viewforum.php?f=94
0
Be brave enough to suck at something new!
Political Grace: The art of disagreeing well.
Political Grace: The art of disagreeing well.
Re: Good Morning!
Ugh glad it's not those. I've been googling all night trying to find something that plugs its nest with grass. It's hard enough to find Id pics of bees let alone what their nests look like. There is a whole industry around raising native bees. I had no idea! Apparently my bamboo tube house from Costco is not what people in the know would use. But everyone has to start somewhere. If my husband were still alive, I would put a better bee house on my Christmas list. Maybe the one from Crown Bees? Sigh. He used to put gifts under the tree from the dogs and cats and chickens since of course we are past believing in Santa...poultry_admin wrote: ↑Tue Jul 10, 2018 9:11 pmWe have green sand wasps here. They come flying as soon as we dig in the sand. Then they try to get in the ears. Really annoying, but we have never been stung.
4
Re: Good Morning!
I wonder if they are the leaf cutter bees we see here. I first noticed them when we left some IKEA shelving on our back porch that has drilled holes in them for the pins to hold the shelves...they were all filled with neatly cut leaves! On closer inspection it was small solitary bees doing it.
2
Retired dairy shepherd and cheesemaker and former keeper of a menagerie of chickens and Pencilled Turkeys, now owned by three cats and a border collie x Australian shepherd who keeps me fit and on my toes!
- WLLady
- Stringy Old Soup Pot Hen of a Moderator
- Posts: 5613
- Joined: Mon Dec 07, 2015 9:55 pm
- Location: Rural near West Lorne and Glencoe
- x 8527
Re: Good Morning!
http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/MIS ... id_bee.htm
http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/mis ... d_bees.htm we have tons of the sweat bees around my place...and they build in long tubes and lay their eggs.
the wasps my hubby mentioned (sand wasps) are greeny yellow and the size of a yellow jacket (and MUCH nicer....)
http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/mis ... d_bees.htm we have tons of the sweat bees around my place...and they build in long tubes and lay their eggs.
the wasps my hubby mentioned (sand wasps) are greeny yellow and the size of a yellow jacket (and MUCH nicer....)
0
Pet quality wheaten/blue wheaten ameraucanas, welsummers, barred rocks, light brown leghorns; Projects on the go: rhodebars, welbars
- Killerbunny
- Poultry Guru - total zen level
- Posts: 7879
- Joined: Sat Dec 12, 2015 12:04 pm
- Location: Brockville
- x 10171
Re: Good Morning!
Yes we watched some carefully making burrows and collecting caterpillars to put in them. Fascinating.
1
Beltsville Small White turkeys.
Mutt chickens for eggs
RIP Stephen the BSW Tom and my coffee companion.
RIP Lucky the Very Brave Splash Wyandotte rooster.
RIP little Muppet the rescue cat.
Re: Good Morning!
My hose nozzle wouldn't work in the spring. Turned out that it was completely filled up with tiny brown leafy bits - obviously from some little bee-type who probably did it last year.
Linda
Linda
0
Re: Good Morning!
I have those same IKEA shelves - since university, that is, a very long time. Indestructible. Yes at least one is a leaf cutter. See the green plug in the 2nd pic. The three (one new today) in the 1st pic withe the tufts of dry grass show a different technique. I can't believe a bee could do that. What do you think?Brebis wrote: ↑Wed Jul 11, 2018 7:39 amI wonder if they are the leaf cutter bees we see here. I first noticed them when we left some IKEA shelving on our back porch that has drilled holes in them for the pins to hold the shelves...they were all filled with neatly cut leaves! On closer inspection it was small solitary bees doing it.
2
- Killerbunny
- Poultry Guru - total zen level
- Posts: 7879
- Joined: Sat Dec 12, 2015 12:04 pm
- Location: Brockville
- x 10171
Re: Good Morning!
Oh neat!
0
Beltsville Small White turkeys.
Mutt chickens for eggs
RIP Stephen the BSW Tom and my coffee companion.
RIP Lucky the Very Brave Splash Wyandotte rooster.
RIP little Muppet the rescue cat.
- WLLady
- Stringy Old Soup Pot Hen of a Moderator
- Posts: 5613
- Joined: Mon Dec 07, 2015 9:55 pm
- Location: Rural near West Lorne and Glencoe
- x 8527
Re: Good Morning!
i want one. or two.
lol. we have some that build around the base of my fence posts, and on any vertical surface. mud daubers build huge long mud tubes on the walls of the shop and pieces of plywood etc....don't like those, they sting and are territorial so i tear them down because i'm a big meanie....the sand wasps i'll be in the garden and one will dig a burrow near me, and i swear they dig more efficiently than any dog i have ever known! it's pretty neat....glad there are some bees....i am thinking about getting a hive next year and putting it close to the garden. (or maybe in it)
lol. we have some that build around the base of my fence posts, and on any vertical surface. mud daubers build huge long mud tubes on the walls of the shop and pieces of plywood etc....don't like those, they sting and are territorial so i tear them down because i'm a big meanie....the sand wasps i'll be in the garden and one will dig a burrow near me, and i swear they dig more efficiently than any dog i have ever known! it's pretty neat....glad there are some bees....i am thinking about getting a hive next year and putting it close to the garden. (or maybe in it)
2
Pet quality wheaten/blue wheaten ameraucanas, welsummers, barred rocks, light brown leghorns; Projects on the go: rhodebars, welbars