Grown from seed, 20 litre paint bucket for scale.
They are bigger and much happier thanks to our recent rain.
TeachableMoment
joined 8 months ago
Near Sihanoukville Cambodia. There were many on these fallen tree flowers after a rain.
I don't 'keep' these or harvest their honey, I just like having them around. I do provide habitat for them. They love cracks in stone walls and bamboo tubes if they are protected. I drill holes in bamboo and hang them between 1.5-2 metres high, and build small sections of wall with voids.
These are quite odd in the world of Bees. They forage diurnally and nocturnally, and they migrate by season. The distance is usually only a few hundred metres.
Generally quite aggressive if disturbed. This one was looking for water in my sink in dry season. I fished her out before she drowned.
Sorry for the photo, these girls are tiny, and my phone does not really do that.
These are stingless, cavity nesting bees that often land on you either by accident, or because they want some salt.
I have at least thousands of them around. When I need to relax I will slowly walk into a swarm of them. Very calming.
They loves holes in walls, and I also prepare large bamboo tubes for them. As long as they are sheltered, they are happy.
Solitary Bees and Predatory Wasps frequent these. I have never seen them interact though. Possibly they are not interested, or active at different times.
Notice that some spaces are sealed with plant resin, and others with cellulose, in at least 3 different ways.
This is in Cambodia
Very wet, doing fine now
Thanks, I had a small brain glitch there. I was thinking about A. Cerana when I posted.
I change the title