It’s quite early but I’d like to wish you merry Christmas and loads of bees in 2025!
The bee celebrating on my cartoon is Megalopta genalis – one of few bees well equipped to go to the New Year’s Eve party – it is active year-round (so, 31st December, too) and stays up late.
Don’t know what to buy for Christmas? Let the Australian bees help you!
Yes, these are really common names of two bee species. And, believe it or not, the domino cuckoo bee is a brood parasite of the teddy bear bee!
I wish you all the beest for Christmas, and may the New Year be full of joy and exciting wildlife observations!
Non-honey bees 