Tag: carpenter bee

• Not that small

  Nomioides minutissimus is one of the smallest bees found in central Europe. And currently my favourite one 🙂

  

  August 10, 2023

  bee, bees, carpenter bee, insects, justyna kierat, nature, Nomioides, nonhoneybees, wild bees, wildbees, Xylocopa

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• Romeo and Xylocopa

  I just read in the book by Stephen Buchmann that sex pheromones of Xylocopa sonorina males are rose-scented, and this scent can be perceived by humans.

  

  June 8, 2023

  bee, bees, carpenter bee, insects, nature, wild bees, wildbees, Xylocopa

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