Solitary bees putting pollen in nesting tubes

View this in 'high quality' if possible.n Solitary bee depositing pollen and later one that turns around in tube (on right of main). Hope you like, please do comment!

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Pets & Animals

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• solitary
• bee
• pollen
• larva
• eggs
• insect
• wildlife

[simbirdcom]

Great video ~ I've just put up an insect tower with these tubes :-)

Do I just wait know or there anything else I could do to attract the bees

[solitarybee]

Tubes are great for observing but can get humidity and mould problems after 2seasons; you need to disinfect and rotate with fresh tubes. One thing that works is - if you already have bees emerging nearby - is to smear their 'evacuations' on the front surface of your tower. I did this with a newly drilled wood block and the scent (I believe) resulted in the habitat being adopted within 90 minutes of drilling and placement.

Would love to see what you have built; Have you any videos/pictures?

[simbirdcom]

It is a insect tower which i've bought... it has both tubes for bees and chamber for butterflies... which are attracted to the solar powered light inside ? I will video and upolad for you to see... but I will build my own too ;-)

[solitarybee]

That sounds pretty complex, but cool. I look forward to seeing the set up and results. :)

[sigma1920]

great and interesting.

ur annotations r very helpful.

im a bit surprised that they seemed not to be disturbed by light.

(the nest tubings are usually kept in the dark, right?)

[solitarybee]

The lid of the box is only off for a few minutes while I film, and as they are quite frantic trying to not let other females steal their work, they won't abandon their investment for a few moments of light.

[BotanyVideo]

Thank you - awesome - best wishes on learning and supporting native solitary bees!

[solitarybee]

I don't know what bees you refer to, but I have filmed a number of large carpenter bees which come up as the main google result. They like lavender and wysteria flowers. However I am not sure that they are the ones you are referring to... have you the species latin name?

[solitarybee]

It was something I just come up with and has been already copied by someone here on YT in France (nd6a6v6es) after I sent hime some shots. Am building a better system where the tubes are staggered - video to come - so that can observe more activity at any one time.

[jonolemon]

Fantastic ! I didn't know the plastic tube system ! Many thanks for sharing ^^

[rosmarinusofficialis]

This is superb. I am thinking of getting some tubes. Do you have any black bees? This is what the Royal Society said in today's newsletter (excuse if you have signed up to the letters) " Britain could be saved from the potentially devastating effects of a collapse in its bee population by turning to the native black honeybee, according to a new study."