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The bee’s sleeping…

[featured image] Solitary bees and wasps have all sorts of really interesting behaviours, but one that I’ve only recently witnessed is what the bees in the photos below are doing. Towards dusk when they’re frantic daily activities are drawing to a close the males of many species seek out places …

A bit galling

[featured image] What often bamboozles me about the natural world is the bizarre goings on just beneath the surface of something that otherwise looks rather normal. Take for example the gall in the photo below. Galls are formed by various organisms in the tissues of plants and they serve as …