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This might be a record for me: 16 mason bee cocoons in a single nesting tube. The ones are on the left are larger and likely all females. The smaller ones on the right are males, who emerge first and then wait for females to come out. It's really cool how hymenopterans can control the sex of eggs they lay (males are from unfertilized eggs). Osmia georgica. #InsectHotel #BeeHotel #bees #cocoons #insects #pollinators #hymenoptera #osmia #haplodiploidy

Nice article about bee hotels being installed by Rutgers University and the Horticulture Society of New York. Shows a cleanable house design (without bamboo!) and acknowledges that many of the occupants are likely to be wasps and that's OK. #BeeHotel #InsectHotel #insects #bees #wasps #nyc #entomology #nature nytimes.com/2024/05/17/nyregio

The New York Times · What’s That Buzz? It’s Probably a Bee Hotel.By James Barron