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From: Lou Daveri <[log in to unmask]>
To: Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology
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Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2013 18:39:39 +1030
Subject: Re: [BEE-L] punnic bees: Do they resemble the Australian
native Green Carpenter Bee?
Trevor, thank you very much for the Oz info about the Punic bees.
Have you noticed the similarity of our native Green Carpenter Bee
(xylocopa (lestis)) to the Punic bee, in terms of its black colouring,
slender form and length? It is the GCBs iridescence which easily
separates it at the casual observer level. I have downloaded pics of
both bee types, from which I made my observations about their exterior
similarity.
Here, on KANGAROO ISLAND, citizen science is helping to gather reports
of sightings of either the GCB or the native BLUE-BANDED BEE, both of
which inhabit our farm, with its myriad of yacca (xanthorrhoea) trees
and banksia bushes, and these 2 solitary bees also hang around our pig
face covered wire fence between the homestead and the chook yard,
sharing the pig face flowers with our own apiary Ligurian bees.
The SA Dept. of Environment, Water and Natural Resources is running a
concerted campaign on Kangaroo Island to confirm sightings and nests
of the GCB, and any Australians reading this might like to join the
hunt, and report your sightings to [log in to unmask]
For more information, try www.aussiebee.com.au or google 'Green
Carpenter Bees, Australia' and up will pop many more links. There's
more stuff to read from both the WA and SA museum sites.
We report findings from our farm, and send blurry photos of the BBB
(the GCB is too fast and flitty, to get a snap with my el-cheap, long
lag time, tiny digital camera). We do our best.
LIDA
35s40e
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