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  • Flowering Dianellas

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    The Dianellas are flowering again! They are attracting the ground nesting Lipotriches sp & Lasioglossum sp.

  • We’re Back!

    We’re Back!

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    Long story short, I accidentally made a mistake while upgrading the server hosting this website at the end of December 2023. Fortunately, I have backups but never got the time to rebuild the server and WordPress. I was hoping to get the site back up for this years World Bee Day but a week after…

  • Featured in Powerful Pollinators Guide (SEQ) Edition

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    In March this year (2023) I got an message from Dr. Rachelle Wilson asking if I am interested to share a bee photo for a project she’s working on. The project she was referring to was a planting guide to support bees and other pollinators in South East Queensland. I shared two photos and one…

  • Bee Kisses

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    Yesterday I posted a photo of a Lipotriches bee buzz pollinating my tomatoes in the Bee Aware of Your Native Bees FB group. Dr Megan Halcroft used the photo and shared something very enlightening to the group. I have definitely seen those marks on the tomato and egg plant flowers before and now I know…

  • Spring Has Sprung

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    I have a lot of flowering plants in the garden at the moment. The solitary bees are also back which means that they are probably nesting nearby. I haven’t photographed bees for about 2 months so feeling a little bit sluggish.

  • Beespotting in Malaysia

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    I was in Malaysia for two weeks at the end of June to early July 2023. After having a good experience chasing bees at the Montreal Botanical Garden a few weeks earlier, I decided to pack my macro kit (camera, lens, flash) for the trip. I somehow forgot to bring the flash diffuser but managed…

  • Montreal Botanical Garden

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    I was in Montreal in June 2023 for the FIRST.org Annual Conference. I had a bit of free time so I visited the Montreal Botanical Garden to see the flowers and bees. The Botanical Garden was very big so I walked a lot. In a way, this really helped me deal with the jetlag. Long…

  • Presentation at ANBA April 2023 Meeting

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    I had the opportunity to share a bit about bee photography at the Australia Native Bee Association (ANBA) Brisbane chapter meeting. It was really to meet other members, especially those who I only know by name from social media and various literature.