Tag Archives: Buzz pollination

Building homes for birds and bees

Posted on 17/04/2019 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox Kids and mud … always a winning formula. Jake Slinger and I led a Pollinator Link® workshop for the Nature Rangers at Downfall Creek Bushland Centre yesterday. Australia has over 2,000 species of solitary native bees. Solitary bees … Continue reading →

Posted in Bushcare, Pollinator Link, Wildlife Corridor | Tagged Benchmark Scaffolding, Blue Banded bees, Buzz pollination, Carina Men's Shed, Downfall Creek Bushland Centre, Hollowlog Homes, Photography, solitary native bees, Squirrel Gliders Petaurus norfolcensis, Teddy Bear Amegilla sp | 2 Comments

Urban wildlife oasis

Posted on 14/02/2018 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox Walking into Rob Lucas’ Pollinator Link® garden is like walking into an oasis for wildlife. Shady and cool it is also an oasis calm for people. Gardens like Rob’s, support the volunteer restoration work of groups like Melrose Park … Continue reading →

Posted in Pollinator Link | Tagged beneficial insects, Blue-banded Bees Amegilla sp., Buzz pollination, Community Nursery, Dome Tent Spiders Cyrtophora moluccensis, dragonfly, frog pond, Melrose Park Bushcare, solitary bees, Stingless Native Bees Tetragonula sp., tawny frogmouth (Podargus strigoides), Tusked Frog Adelotus brevis, Water Snowflake Nymphoides indica, Wax Flower Vine Hoya australis | 1 Comment

Tomatoes need the Blue Banded Bee Buzz

Posted on 25/06/2015 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By Sandra Tuszynska Australia has over 1500 identified native bee species. Only about 16 of these are social bees, living in extended family systems. The rest are solitary or semi-social bees and they are essential pollinators of native plants as well as food crops. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Blue Banded bees, Buzz pollination, flowers, pollination, tomato | 5 Comments

Abbeville Community Garden part of Pollinator Link

Posted on 23/03/2015 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox Visiting Abbeville Community Garden and meeting that community was a real pleasure, not to mention the amazing chilli chutney and cheese on offer. Barbara tells me the event was organised to celebrate receiving grant from Brisbane City … Continue reading →

Posted in Bees, Mt Gravatt Conservation Reserve, Pollinator Link, Wildlife Corridor | Tagged Abbeville Community Garden, Blue Banded Amegilla cingulata, Blue Triangle butterfly Graphium sarpedon, Buzz pollination, European Honey Bees Apis mellifera, Fungus-eating Ladybird Beetle Illeis galbula, native bee, Teddy Bear Amegilla bombiformis | 1 Comment

Cubs in Mud – Backyard Beehomes

Posted on 16/06/2013 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox References and Links “Seeing the kids having fun took me back to my time as a Cub and Scout Leader. Things have changed a bit since then. There are girl Cubs now and next week they are … Continue reading →

Posted in Bushfood, Mt Gravatt Conservation Reserve, Mt Gravatt Environment Group, Pollinator Link, Wildlife of Mt Gravatt Reserve | Tagged Backyard beehomes, Blue Banded Amegilla cingulata, Bushfoods, Buzz pollination, Leaf Cutter Bees Megachile sp, Len Kann, Native Ginger Alpinia caerulea, Photography, Sugarbag Stingless Bee Trigona sp., Teddy Bear Amegilla sp | Leave a comment

Blue Banded Bee and Crane Fly up close

Posted on 24/03/2013 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox Macro-photography allows us to see insects in a completely new way. Why a Blue Banded Bee? Macro-photography shows the vivid blue bands that give this special native bee its name. Australia has over 1,500 native bees most … Continue reading →

Posted in Mt Gravatt Conservation Reserve, Wildlife of Mt Gravatt Reserve | Tagged Alan Moore photography, Blue Banded Bee - Amegilla cingulata, Buzz pollination, halteres, macro-photography, Orange Crane Fly Tipula sp., Photography Workshop | Leave a comment

Blue Banded Bees and Variegated Fairy Wren

Posted on 09/11/2011 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

a A Blue Banded Bee – Amegilla cingulata getting nectar from one of our special Bottle Brush Grass Tree – Xanthorrhoea macronema. It is particularly pleasing to photograph my first Blue Banded Bee today because I am currently writing an … Continue reading →