Occasionally you will experience mould occurring on your leafcutter bee cocoons. To remedy this please follow the instructions below: Water wash method: Leafcutter Bee cocoons are fairly waterproof and can take quite a soaking. Prepare one large bowl with about a 3 litres of cold water. Add about 10ml concentration bleach solution. Prepare a second bowl of cold water without […]
Read moreIn January and February 2006 the European wool- carder bee Anthidium manicatum was found to be present at Napier and Nelson, and more recently it has been observed in Auckland, Palmerston North, Blenheim, and Christchurch. Within the foreseeable future it will probably colonise most of the settled areas of the country. The species is rather closely related to the lucerne […]
Read more“The gift that keeps on giving” Gift someone a natural way to enhance pollination in their backyard. Having gentle natured summer leafcutter bees can increase the fruit, vegetables and flowers a garden produces considerably. Without bees, we would lose access to over 70% of the food we produce today. BeeGAP in association with Creative Woodcraft has put together a Wonderful Christmas […]
Read moreHow long do I have to wait before my Leafcutter Bees emerge?… This is a very common question. Answer: After installing your leafcutter bee cocoons, their emergence is dependent on several factors. Your geographic location and climatic conditions. The team at BeeGAP and Creative Woodcraft is based in South Canterbury and for the past few years our leafcutter bees have […]
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These beneficial solitary bees/wasps are not aggressive and do not sting! These cocoons are of the native mason wasp Pison spinolae. Actually sometimes the insect is referred to as the mason bee, but the females store paralyzed spiders in their cells and not nectar and pollen, so using the term`bee’ is incorrect. Ancistrocerus gazelle will help control all pest leafroller […]
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