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Master Beekeeper & ap. As a beekeeper it is our due diligence and responsibility to keep our hives healthy and happy by managing and inspecting frequently.
Melittologist, Family Beesness Blending Art & Education to Inspire Pollinator Awareness Starting in the Backyard, Pollinator Advocate, Author, Award Winning Honey, Pollinator Boxes, Beeswax Products, Pa Preferred, Bee Book Creator We seek and source out rich nectar sources for our bees and pollinators to create pollinator diversity and to give us premium local raw honey. We want to inspire our community to learn about pollinators and what is Buzzin’ in your backyard and the importance of them!
My favorite native Mason bee (Osmia georgica) getting ready for the night and guarding her nesting site in the bee book
Check out this grass carrying wasp (Isodontia) utilizing the pollinator box as her nesting site.
07/24/2026
Photos of the garden. Nature is such an artist
Some things can literally just go unnoticed unless you start really looking. Here is a Lasioglossum and her ground nest right in my flower pot! After she visited a flower she regurgitated the nectar to get rid of excess moisture called bubbling. It’s just little discoveries right in the backyard
One of my favorite native bees (Osmia georgica) utilizing the bee book. The larvae are now cocoons, I will take out of the book and keep somewhere safe mimicking outside temp and away from predators.
07/15/2026
Answer to my story.. Captured a lasioglossum bee bubbling to expose the nectar and evaporate excess moisture
Grass carrying wasp making her nest. it is so fascinating watching her carry grass back to the cavity.
you can have all the best nesting sites, stems, brush piles, snags, piled rocks, even pollinator boxes. I have found them nesting in all sorts of nooks and crannies, like my light fixture, under a beehive or here using the siding. another giveaway is when you see kleptoparasites checking out an area
Who am i? I’ll give you a hint, i am a pollinator, i don’t make my own nest, i belong in a healthy ecosystem, my body is like a beautiful armored jewel
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