by Sandy Garland
While some of us are looking in vain for bees in our backyards – because of the slow start to spring – Berit Erickson writes about the leafcutters she is finding working and living in her Corner Pollinator Garden in west end Ottawa.
She’s written a well researched description of the behaviour and habits of these bees and included videos of them in action. Well worth the read: Busy leafcutter bees
Leafcutter bees have been busy cutting pieces from fireweed and lilac leaves in our back garden. Photo and text from Berit Erickson (July 2019).
See also, the WPP post from several years ago on leafcutters (click on image or title below):