Tag Archives: Wool carder

A day of good bee hunting

Posted on September 11, 2011 by

I enjoyed hosting today on the Life-Friendly Garden Tour. Nice people stopped by and let me show off my bees. If you’re interested at all in bees, you know about honeybees going missing. If you want to help honeybees, the … Continue reading →

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Getting lucky with Woolcarder bees

Posted on July 24, 2011 by

The Woolcarder bees still like the snapdragons, but they seem to love a big clump of catnip nearby. Sometimes I see at least four or five at once, too fast and too many to subitize. I love watching the males … Continue reading →

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A buffet for bees in the catmint

Posted on July 7, 2011 by

The mound of catmint, Nepeta “Walker’s Low“, has bloomed all May and June, attracting an amazing array of bees.

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But…that’s a Wool Carder

Posted on June 30, 2011 by

The Wool Carder is a little bee with an outsize dose of possessiveness. Almost every afternoon, I see one patrolling the snapdragons as if making sure no other bees try to get in. Then it climbs in for a snack … Continue reading →

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Return of the Wool Carder bee

Posted on August 15, 2010 by

Another bee that I’ve been looking for has turned up: the Wool Carder bee. They’re called Wool Carders because the females gather the fuzz from hairy leaves to line their nests. Like the honeybee, they’re not natives, but an introduced … Continue reading →

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Snapdragons

Posted on August 21, 2008 by

The snapdragons have been flowering for about a month now. I’ve been leaning in to get a whiff of their bubblegum / tutti frutti scent from time to time. And then I saw the weirdest bee. This was right after … Continue reading →

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