leafcutter bees – Keeping Backyard Bees https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com Mon, 30 Mar 2020 19:45:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i2.wp.com/www.keepingbackyardbees.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 leafcutter bees – Keeping Backyard Bees https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com 32 32 Identifying Different Types of Bees https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/identifying-different-types-of-bees-zbwz2003zsau/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/identifying-different-types-of-bees-zbwz2003zsau/#respond Mon, 30 Mar 2020 19:41:18 +0000 https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=5173 With over 4,000 species of native bees in North America, many people understandably have trouble identifying one from the other. What’s more, curious naturalists often mistake other types of pollinators for bees. It’s easy to confuse a fly or a wasp with a bee because they all share similar coloring and markings. So, how can […]

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]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/identifying-different-types-of-bees-zbwz2003zsau/feed/ 0 Harvesting and Incubating Leafcutter Bees https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/harvesting-and-incubating-leafcutter-bees-zbwz1802zsau/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/harvesting-and-incubating-leafcutter-bees-zbwz1802zsau/#comments Tue, 27 Feb 2018 20:41:33 +0000 https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=3892 I remember as a child finding a small shrub in our wooded backyard with perfectly circular holes cut into the leaves. The leaf had the appearance of Swiss cheese. I remember thinking that the holes were perhaps made by a hungry caterpillar or ant, but the perfectness of the holes was something that I remember […]

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]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/harvesting-and-incubating-leafcutter-bees-zbwz1802zsau/feed/ 3 Meet the Leafcutter Bee https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/meet-the-leafcutter-bee-zbwz1802zsau/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/meet-the-leafcutter-bee-zbwz1802zsau/#comments Tue, 27 Feb 2018 18:40:56 +0000 https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=3885 About a month ago I had the pleasure of talking with Dave Hunter, owner and founder of Crown Bees, a company that “advocates for, raises, and sells hole-nesting bees that pollinate significantly better than the honeybee.” Dave is very enthusiastic about helping pollinators and has a wealth of knowledge about these important insects. He was […]

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