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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

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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

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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

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