Nature and Gardening

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All things green, outdoors, and nature-y. Whether it's animals in their natural habitat, hiking trails and mountains, or planting a little garden for yourself (and everything in between), you can talk about it here.

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My garden is full of bees! So many Osmia, Andrena and Bombus individuals everywhere ♥ (beehaw.org)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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(Description: Image of Osmia bicornis (I think) chilling on a leaf and cleaning itself.)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Life is full of opportunities to learn. "Gotta learn something new everyday." Here's a bit more: There are about 6000 solitary bees that live on the NA continent. Most of them make small tunnels in the ground, and some carve holes in wood, e.g. trees, posts, etc. The ground dwelling ones on average go about 6 inches deep. So that woven plastic "landscape cloth" interferes with them. If they are beneath it when installed, they can't get out. If they are above it they can't make proper homes for their babies. Happy Spring!!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Wow, that's fascinating. Thank you.