there are some Bee looking insects that have started to nest in the ground? outside the front of my house. video looking straight down next to front steps.

location: Australia

I acquired some bamboo tube's from an online vendor. I am a woodworker and will build a little house using scrap lumber. The question is: I live in Phoenix, AZ. Lots of Gila woodpeckers in the area. They come to my hummingbird feeders. Should I put some sort of screen to protect the bamboo tubes? I have wire mesh of various sizes. I am looking for some suggestions from experienced folks. Thank you.

I posted about this cutie a little over a month ago. Now I’m trying to find out how much longer I have with this baby as she’s basically turned into my pet (her name is Beelzebub) and given most bees don’t tend to live long I don’t wanna be blindsided by her potential death.

Info: She’s part of a colony of bees that lived under my porch this past summer. I found her sometime in mid November lying lifeless in front of my back door. She is a common eastern bumble bee (B. Impatiens). I know she’s either a worker or a queen because she stung me once. She’s a little over 20mm in length. She lives in a little, well-ventilated container with some leaves twigs and other hiding places for her. I always leave some sugar water out for her but she gets new flowers to munch on when needed. Her wings are a little tattered and somewhere along the line she managed to lose the bottom segment to her middle right leg.

I know even from that alone it’s almost impossible to actually tell how much longer she has but I still thought I’d try. Thanks all you be lovers!! 🐝

Hello everyone!

I came onto this group hoping to get some insights on this jar of natural pure honey I bought..

When I took a scoop out, I’ve realised that there was a lot of debris in there..is that normal? I’ve googled it and some platforms said that it could be honeycomb and insect parts….i kind of don’t want to drink honey with insect parts 😭 some debris looked like dark brown shards while others look like a black line?

Do you guys just drink it as per normal or repurpose the honey for some other uses..?

I would greatly appreciate it if someone can give me their insights on this 😊 thank you!! :>

After years of watching them pass through my yard, this year (last year) with much increased activity I was pretty certain they had started nesting in my yard, and just today I got confirmation of my first blue banded bee burrow 🥰 🐝

Our organisation: Treebeekeeping Brotherhood (Bractwo Bartne) received last year information about tree-hive located in Vistula river just 3 km from Warsaw city center. An oak tree called black oak had 17 meters, for us most interested part a man made hollow dedicated for bees were located 10,5 meter above roots of the tree. Tree was not growing originally in Warsaw - it flow with river stream during high water in 2010, 1997 or maybe in 1820 during hugest recorded water level. This part we will never know. But we will know the age of the tree soon base on C-14 carbon radiation method. Will post an update on this later. Whole action took for us almost 1 year. Preparations need to be done during low water level, then pick up possible when water goes up. We get all needed permits, assembly team and share among them tasks: cutting tree, preparing place for pick up, arranging boat and pick up from water, transport and delivery to our Museum.

Many thanks for Volunteering Fire Fighters from OSP RW “Warszawa” Climbing Rescue Team “Safe Kazbek” and of course to members of our community of Treebeekeeping Brotherhood. Treehive is now safe in Augustów presented outside of Museum of Treebeekeeping Culture in Augustów, Poland 🇵🇱.

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It is so warm here in AZ, USA I do not think the honey bees have gone into hibernation this year. Neither have the roses. Here is a photo of a bee collecting pollen from my peach drift rose. In December 2024!

This felow bee flew into my house. Is this a honey bee? (SouthEast Asia)

I know that when the hive decides a queen should die they gather around and shake until she basically cooks, but does this also result in some casualties from the bees doing the shaking?

This summer I watched a cavity nesting bee create a nest in a wooden beam in my parents garden. I visited them again and noticed the nest is open. The hole is smaller than the filled in opening which (as well as the time of the year) makes me wonder if this was the work of a predator. Does anyone know if I can actually say this for sure or if it was possible this nest simply emerged early?

First image is the hole today, second image shows the bee entering the hole in summer.

I've had 3 generations now. of what I believe to be queen yellowjackets. Coke to me in winter for help.

Is this common?