Tag Archives: Backyard Bee Home

Circles in your rose leaves?

Posted on 26/04/2019 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox Do you have mysterious circles appearing in the leaved of your rose bushes? I videoed one of the culprits making a nest in the cat’s scratching post. Autumn is nest building time for our native Leafcutter … Continue reading →

Posted in Pollinator Link, Wildlife Corridor | Tagged Backyard Bee Home, European Honey Bees Apis mellifera, Leafcutter Bees Megachile sp., solitary native bees, Stingless Native Bees Tetragonula sp. | Leave a comment

Nature Rangers make Backyard Bee Homes

Posted on 26/09/2018 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox I’m not sure who was having more fun during the Backyard Bee Home Workshop at Downfall Creek Bushland Centre yesterday. The Downfall Team host a number of school holiday Nature Ranger activities. Jake Slinger and I represented Pollinator … Continue reading →

Posted in Bees, Pollinator Link | Tagged #WaterFoodShelter, Art for Kids Hub, Backyard Bee Home, carpenter bee, carpenter bees, Downfall Creek Bushland Centre, Leaf-cutter bee, native bee, Nature Rangers, solitary bees | Leave a comment

Fourteen months to wildlife haven

Posted on 29/01/2018 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox Allison’s garden is a great example of a habitat haven created for wildlife and people. A typical suburban two-dimensional grass and dirt garden converted to a thriving wildlife habitat in just fourteen months. All without losing the … Continue reading →

Posted in Pollinator Link, Wildlife Corridor | Tagged Backyard Bee Home, Bleating Tree Frogs Litoria dentata, brids, Brushtail Possum Trichosurus vulpecula, butterflies bees, Cadaghi Corymbia torelliana, Climbing Guinea Flower Hibbertia scandens, Common Crow Euploea core, Fairy Wrens., Finger Lime Citrus australasica, Food for wildlife, frog pond, Green Tree Frogs Litoria caerulea, hoverflies, Native Sarsaparilla Hardenbergia violacea, nest box, Orange Caterpillar Parasite Wasp, Orchard Swallowtail Papilio aegeus, Pacific Blue Eyes Pseudomugil signifer, Puddling Place, Shelter for wildlife, Stingless Bees Tetragonula sp., Sun Parasol Giant Pink Mandevilla hybrid, water for wildlife | 1 Comment

Explore Bernadette’s Pollinator Link garden

Posted on 21/01/2018 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox Visiting the Pollinator Link garden of Bernadette and Len Crook is like an adventure in a botanic garden. Step through the front gate straight into an urban forest habitat supporting bird, butterflies and bees. The balcony provided … Continue reading →

Posted in Pollinator Link, Wildlife Corridor | Tagged Australian Leafwing, Australian Painted Lady Vanessa kershawi, Backyard Bee Home, bees, Bernadette and Len Cook, Birds, Blue Argus, Blue-banded Eggfly, Brazilian Jasmine Dipladenia sanderii, Bush food, Butterflies, Common Crow Euploea core, Common or Varied Eggfly, Danaid Eggfly, Golden Everlasting Daisy Xerochrysum bracteatum, Lemon-scented Myrtle Backhousia citriodora, Love Flower Pseuderanthemum variable, Midgen Berry Austromyrtus dulcis, Native Geranium Geranium solanderi, Pink-flowered Doughwood Melicope elleryana, Rainbow Lorikeets Trichoglossus haematodus, Richmond Birdwing Butterfly Vine Pararistolochia praevenosa, Silver Wattle Acacia podalyriifolia, Wattle Notodontid Moth Neola semiaurata | Leave a comment

CWCN Pollinator Festival

Posted on 20/11/2017 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox The Pollinator Link® display was very popular at the Cubberla-Witton Catchments Network Pollinator Festival with a regular stream of visitors wanting to learn about gardens for birds, butterflies and bees, and claim a free pollinator plant donated by … Continue reading →