Awakening Sleeping BEEuties

[TallTrees]

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From last year they were Sleeping Beeuties 2018 to

This year 2019  again these little kind and sweet bees have caught me unaware and when I opened

the sleeping box there were a few anxious looking faces!  So up went the boxes sharpish

and they were put on top to feel the fresh air and off they flew ~ they'll be back always

to the same spot they first remember.

These are the boxes facing South in the hot sun.  

This is a box with                                                                                 an emerging bee under the release box top.

Wildlife have no respect for photographers!

[Anonymous]

I can't say i'm an enthusiast but you've given me a new appreciation for the scary little things

[Cleoriff]

What a lovely story @TallTrees 

A real BEE happy community. Lovely to hear of so many people looking after our bees.

[TallTrees]

Aw @AngryOlGuy
Surely this little creature cannot be scary to you😊
This is one having a rest on my sheets hung on washing line this morning, tiny about 10mm
Such a sweetie 💕

[Anonymous]

Anything with wings that invades my airspace gets an escort right back out again. I try not to flap & whack, but I can't help it!

[TallTrees]

2022

I have just completed cleaning every bee in the tubes.

I estimate about 1000 can't count that many, too busy emptying

tubes and cleaning them.

Here they are in the box I am storing them in until I renovate their

release boxes for Spring this year.

It was not a particularly good year but the bees have done wonders.

Thank you dear bees see you in Spring.

Nesting tubesBee Cocoons

[jonsie]

You need an electoral roll register 😁

[TallTrees]

What a good idea @jonsie 🤣

Maybe you could think of 1000 names ? 🤔

[jonsie]

Humsickle ?

[TallTrees]

I've heard of "Humdinger"  🙄

a theme here @jonsie  

[pgn]

Some great pics of both male and female Red Mason bees here, and capped tubes too:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/63075200@N07/sets/72157633278113867/