Wednesday 11 December 2013

Home of a carpenter bee


Last year we built a volunteer cabin using materials that were lying around in Buddha Garden.  This year we find that the place has been taken over by carpenter bees.  As the picture shows, they make the most beautiful round holes, one for each bee.  They have the most beautiful, huge turquoise eyes and are very large so they look a bit frightening.  They are not very aggressive, however, and rarely sting as the male doesn't have a stinger and the female only stings in extreme circumstances.

There are so many of them, however, that I don't think any volunteer will want to stay there, so we will have to take it down.  In that area we are going to build a new kitchen so we will need the space.  We will find a new place for the wood so that they can continue living there.

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