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Embrace
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Big boy
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It's carrot harvest time and as
usual there are some gems - this
is a sweet one ...
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It's carrot harvest time and as
usual there are some gems - this
guy is probably related to ...
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Rose hip refraction
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Deformed Wing Virus
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Dew drops on a rose hip ...
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Uploaded on Nov 3, 2009
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As my observation hive starts
to reduce in size as winter
approaches there seemed to be a
lot of ...
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Hoverfly: Helophilus trivittatus 2
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Hoverfly: Helophilus trivittatus 1
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Helophilus, the sun lover, like
me ;-)
One of the bigger
hoverflies around here along
with ...
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Uploaded on Sep 30, 2009
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Helophilus, the sun lover, like
me ;-)
One of the bigger
hoverflies around here along
with ...
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Uploaded on Sep 30, 2009
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peppers and aubergines
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One swallow and two gulps from his chicks
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Today's harvest ... for the
first time our green peppers
have reddened - another sign of
an ...
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Uploaded on Sep 13, 2009
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These happy parents have just
about finished raising two
broods of chicks in the
workshop. Along ...
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Uploaded on Aug 23, 2009
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Queen plus wax scale
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Queen honeybee and her retinue
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Another shot of the Queen in the
process of depositing an egg in
an empty cell. Sorry about ...
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Uploaded on Aug 11, 2009
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The huge advantage of the
observation hive is that you see
things that go seriously wrong
when you ...
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Uploaded on Aug 11, 2009
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Return of the Propolis Forager
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Waxworkers 2
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The new frame is still under
construction - here in the
centre you can see the
glistening beads of ...
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Another shot of the waxworkers
doing what they do ...
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Waxworkers 1
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Observation Hive modified
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These are the waxworkers
(cirières) whose job, at
approximately 12 days of age
when the wax glands ...
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Uploaded on Aug 11, 2009
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When I first built this
observation hive I thought all
was going very well then one day
somebody ...
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Uploaded on Aug 11, 2009
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Horseye
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Mullein Moth Caterpillar 1
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This is Étoile, one of our
neighbour François' four horses
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Uploaded on Aug 11, 2009
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The amazing Mullein moth
caterpillar, feeding on guess
what? the great mullein plant
(Verbascum ...
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Mullein Moth Caterpillar 2
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Rough Woodlouse (Porcellio scaber)
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The amazing Mullein moth
caterpillar, feeding on guess
what? the great mullein plant
(Verbascum ...
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Uploaded on Aug 11, 2009
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One of the many species of
British woodlice pictured in my
dear 2 yr old grandson Oscar's
garden. ...
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Uploaded on Jul 1, 2009
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