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Chrysis inaequidens, the jewelled cuckoo wasp

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

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

Beewolf buzzing Ryde once more

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

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

Slovenian bee houses

The bear and the bees – more Slovenian bee-houses

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

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