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Apr 4, 2014 3:48 PM CST
Name: tk
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These are my new leafcutter mason bee cocoons I received today:

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This is what they will look like:




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I put them in the fridge to save till summer. I got them because we have very few honeybees left here.
I also got some hornfaced mason bees which are active in the spring. They look like this:




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Very bee like aren't they?
This is where they put their cocoons:



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The smaller insert on the left is for the leafcutter bees. I guess they are smaller bees.

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