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Matthew Chatfield 4th June, 201326th February, 2014 1 Comment bees, hymeroptera, insects, invertebrates, parasites, wasps

Chrysis inaequidens, the jewelled cuckoo wasp

Look at this gorgeous North American solitary wasp (click the image for a bigger version if you like). Now wonder

Isle of Wight Protected species

Matthew Chatfield 15th July, 2009 5 Comments bee wolf, bees, wasps

Beewolf buzzing Ryde once more

In 2007 The Ranger wrote about his local colony of Philanthus triangulum, the European beewolf. Sadly, in 2008 the fearsome

Slovenian bee houses

Matthew Chatfield 12th January, 200720th October, 2015 5 Comments apiculture, bee-houses, bee-keeping, bees, hives, painting, slovenia

The bear and the bees – more Slovenian bee-houses

If you read The Ranger’s recent post about Slovenian bee-houses you must have shared his frustration at not to be