tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post8363508443931249901..comments2024-03-28T06:50:11.258-05:00Comments on Bug Eric: More Drama at the Bee BlockBug Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06253157009010644214noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post-43916736516512585222016-07-05T20:46:49.859-05:002016-07-05T20:46:49.859-05:00That is great to hear! Also, remember you might e...That is great to hear! Also, remember you might experience a bit of a mid-summer lull between generations of occupants.Bug Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06253157009010644214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post-66810095047568877342016-07-05T18:03:37.967-05:002016-07-05T18:03:37.967-05:00If you're hesitant to put up a bee house, beca...If you're hesitant to put up a bee house, because you don't think it will be occupied - Think again!<br />I've been putting bee blocks outside my (2nd floor)windows, in what some might call an urban area, for years! And have always had great success. <br />And lots of fun, watching the various residents coming and going. I love it!batdetectors@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03073278129551997043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post-55563054559823639062016-06-30T08:19:26.985-05:002016-06-30T08:19:26.985-05:00In another location, at the nature park where we v...In another location, at the nature park where we volunteer we've had Dianthidium nesting in the bee box there.Carolyn in Texashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616963852301899759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post-50165135778059890372016-06-30T08:17:55.199-05:002016-06-30T08:17:55.199-05:00We've had a large leafcutter bee checking out ...We've had a large leafcutter bee checking out the nesting tubes and leafcutter cuckoo bees watching. Also cuckoo wasps checking out the tubes. Euodynerus hidalgo have nested in two of the tubes. The cuckoo bee and cuckoo wasp have made me wonder if nesting tubes and boxes actually make it easier to find than single nests in the wild.Carolyn in Texashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616963852301899759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post-86451543313396654522016-06-29T14:56:40.805-05:002016-06-29T14:56:40.805-05:00It really does not surprise me that the parasites ...It really does not surprise me that the parasites are ready wherever the hosts go. If your bee block sends out the right signal to the primary renters, the others probably get a double signal. First: possible apartment complex alert! Then the maybe olfactory or just observational signal: someone fitting my purposes has moved in. Margarethe Brummermannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05623937180200255796noreply@blogger.com