tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3946913143265151282.post6453416872575813885..comments2023-04-03T14:02:36.102+01:00Comments on Pencil and Leaf: Pretty Peponapis pruinosa: A Squash Bee for Joanna.sharp green pencilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03995814359038535193noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3946913143265151282.post-86269967132357713872011-11-28T13:06:38.554+00:002011-11-28T13:06:38.554+00:00Just found you're wonderful blog. This piece i...Just found you're wonderful blog. This piece is exquisite. Your detail and composition is gorgeous, so subtle but with lots of character.Jarnie Godwin https://www.blogger.com/profile/02232816902329798635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3946913143265151282.post-62744356921076681792011-11-18T07:35:35.023+00:002011-11-18T07:35:35.023+00:00Hello Val,
Thought you might like this collection...Hello Val,<br /><br />Thought you might like this collection of beautiful paintings by an art class of native bees, including some squash bees...they have such vibrant colours and personality...http://entomology1studio.wordpress.com<br /><br />Best wishes<br /><br />EmilyEmilynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3946913143265151282.post-21223378427100382232011-11-17T15:13:47.595+00:002011-11-17T15:13:47.595+00:00Thank you both. I think they are just beautiful li...Thank you both. I think they are just beautiful little bees. We do have a rather similar colletes bee here in the UK but something about the combination of the squash flowers and these little bees is very endearing!<br /><br />It does make me laugh when you see a scramble of bees in a flower,I know exactly what you mean about not much room. There is a beautful hibiscous at Leu whose blossoms were always full of a variety of bees. Very funny watching them pushing and shoving! <br />The longhorned bees are really beautiful and I have to say that in the USA you have some magnificently coloured bees. One of my favourites was the green eyed carpenter bee, gorgeous. <br />I am off back to pack ......sharp green pencilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03995814359038535193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3946913143265151282.post-44967084745589307422011-11-15T00:59:06.700+00:002011-11-15T00:59:06.700+00:00I'll have to keep my eyes open for squash bees...I'll have to keep my eyes open for squash bees next season. This year our squash blossoms were brimming with honey bees, I'm not sure there would have been much room! However, we did see our first Eucerini Long-Horn bees on some sunflowers and Rudbeckia in late summer. Distinctive little fellows, with fascinating greenish eyes. I'm hoping as we bring more native blooms back to see a lot more native pollinators around the farm. In the meantime, I'll have to look more closely at my squash blooms next year!Curbstone Valley Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06714297348566721344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3946913143265151282.post-65794436711445956942011-11-14T18:31:32.489+00:002011-11-14T18:31:32.489+00:00Wow, that is beautiful! You certainly captured the...Wow, that is beautiful! You certainly captured the essence of squash bee-ness in that one. Lovely.Mama beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07245565933429926406noreply@blogger.com