Still obsessed with the cutest nesting strategy going. The Eastern Snail Shell Mason Bee (Osmia conjuncta) is a small North American blue bee which makes nests in suitable empty snail shells! In my linocut I show this adorable little pollinator with a Cepaea shell. Each print is 8” by 8” on delicate Japanese kozo (or mulberry) paper.
#linocut #printmaking #sciart #masonBee #Osmia #nativeBee #pollinator #mastoart
Georgia mason bee (Osmia georgica) exiting her nesting tunnel after depositing a load of pollen. I don't think I've ever seen one on any of the flowers in my yard but they are supposed to be generalists. That said, it's reported (by Paula Sharp & Ross Eatman) that they adore fleabane, positioning their head in the center of the flower and spinning around. #MasonBee #InsectHotel #BeeHotel #osmia #bee #bees #insect
Mason Bees are one of our most important pollinators, particularly for fruit trees like apples that are in blossom in early April.
I've had several simple bee 'hotels' on my shed for a few years.
My simple bee hotel design uses a 15cm length of an old fence post with nine 7 or 8 mm holes. The holes are about 12cm deep i.e. they don't go right through. #MasonBee #allotment
Aż w końcu tak. No i teraz w sumie młode powinno już wyżerać te pyłki, co mu matka zamurowała. I latem wyjdzie. Ciekawe czy powie innym, że w naszym dużym pokoju jest dobra miejscówka. (5/5)
Jeszcze ciekawostka z dzisiejszego czyszczenia siedlisk murarek - puste siedlisko na 700 gniazd waży 1,4 kg, a takie, które jest prawie całe zajęte? 4kg 
Więc te drobne pszczółki zgromadziły ok 2,6 kg materiału - głównie gliny i piasku, część to oczywiście pyłek. Same kokony z nowym pokoleniem murarek są z tego wszystkiego najlżejsze 
With eye month, #InsertAnInvert2024 has given me another excuse to talk about bees. How many eyes do you think bees have? I’ve been making art about bees for years, looking at photos and specimens and talking to entomologists but I only recently learned something which seems a basic fact of bee anatomy: they have FIVE eyes! More precisely, bees like this Osmia lignaria (a blue orchard mason bee) 
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#linocut #printmaking #sciart #bee #masonBee #Osmia #nativeBee #pollinators #blueberry
