Blogs about: Hymenoptera

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Maison de Mason Bee1 comment

Dan wrote 10 hours ago: Scan of a newly-hatched Osmia sp. specimen. Our last apartment was blessed with a wonderful assortme … more »

Tags: Biology, Entomology, commensal, mason bee, Parasite

Ledbury Poetry Festival

thebigbuzz wrote 6 days ago: Well, our Ledbury Poetry Festival Buzzing! performance went well. Don’t take my word for it - … more »

Tags: Bees, Beetles, butterflies, Buzzing..., CD, Festivals, Insects, Ladybirds, Lepidoptera

(Pacific or Large Blue) Cuckoo Wasp (Chrysis sp.)2 comments

Dan wrote 1 week ago: This specimen is from what is probably my favorite insect family, which is saying a lot.  Here, th … more »

Tags: Entomology, Chrysididae, cuckoo wasp, hyperparasitoid, UCD

Catching a Spider Wasp1 comment

Dan wrote 2 weeks ago: Catching a Spider Wasp Originally uploaded by Dan Neal Here’s a video of my bad technique … more »

Tags: Entomology, spider wasp, Tarantula hawk, Video, .NET, collection technique

Wasp cake!

Adrienne wrote 2 weeks ago: Cloth and Fodder has a great, indepth post about the process of making a wasp cake (it looks like … more »

Tags: Food

National Insect Week 2008

thebigbuzz wrote 3 weeks ago: So, how was National Insect Week for you? Here in York, theBigBuzz National Insect Week has gone on … more »

Tags: Audience feedback, Bees, Beetles, butterflies, Buzzing..., Insects, Ladybirds, Lepidoptera, Performance

Hymenoptera

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Tags: Flowers, animals, BEE, beeonaflower, flowercluster, pollination

Become a Beekeeper!

Adrienne wrote 1 month ago: (Image courtesy of SolidPerfume.com) Apartment Therapy (ever heard of them? A great read!) has an i … more »

Tags: Apidae

RHS Harlow Carr is Buzzing!

thebigbuzz wrote 2 months ago: RHS Harlow Carr was Buzzing!  this Bank Holiday weekend. There was standing room only for all 4 o … more »

Tags: Bees, Beetles, butterflies, Buzzing..., Insects, Ladybirds, Lepidoptera, odonata, Performance

Scarcroft School visit

thebigbuzz wrote 2 months ago: The Reception and Year 1 classes at Scarcroft Primary School in York were Buzzing! this morning, whe … more »

Tags: Bees, Beetles, butterflies, Buzzing..., Insects, Ladybirds, Lepidoptera, Performance, Photography

RES Lesley Goodman Award

thebigbuzz wrote 4 months ago: I am extremely honoured to have been awarded the 2008 Lesley Goodman Award by the Royal Entomologica … more »

Tags: Bees, Beetles, butterflies, Buzzing..., Competition, Insects, Ladybirds, Lepidoptera, odonata

Crime Visits Beekeepers

Adrienne wrote 4 months ago: Where there is a shortage, there is crime. Isn’t that always the way? In the wake of the late … more »

Tags: Apidae, Bees

Bees, a new source for silk

John Adam wrote 8 months ago: Moths and butterflies, particularly silkworms, are well known producers of silk. And we all know spi … more »

Tags: Interesting, Agriculture, Environmental Sciences, Entomology, Genetics, Bees, silkworm, Silk, CSIRO

Fabulous Photo Essay--Bees Make Hive in Jar

Adrienne wrote 8 months ago: This is a neat group–it shows the process bees go through to make a hive. Love it! –Sou … more »

Tags: Apidae

Bee Man on Dirty Jobs!

Adrienne wrote 8 months ago: So I’m lying in bed, recouperating from my surgery, and I turn on Discovery, right into Dirty … more »

Tags: Apidae, Television

Keep Them Aphids in Line

Adrienne wrote 8 months ago: Scientists have discovered a new way ants control their farmed food source: aphids. It has long bee … more »

Tags: Aphidoidea, Formicidae, Hemiptera

The Mommy Gene Found

Adrienne wrote 8 months ago: Scientists have discovered that the basis of eusociality (the tendency of sterile females to raise … more »

Tags: Vespidae

Ants Predict Death, and Act Accordingly

Adrienne wrote 8 months ago: The Independentis reportingthat scientists in Poland have discovered something interesting about a … more »

Tags: Formicidae

Buzzing! CD is here!

thebigbuzz wrote 9 months ago: Introducing, by popular demand, Buzzing!, the CD!! With twice as many poems and photos as I can fit … more »

Tags: Bees, Beetles, butterflies, Buzzing..., CD, Insects, Ladybirds, Lepidoptera, Performance


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