Australian Native Bees in my garden!

[Rob]

Hi All,

I just thought i'd share a quick pic that i took this morning.

I found this little guy (although technically "girl") in my garden this morning with a few friends. Trigona carbonaria is the name of this species (thanks to Russell (Native Bee Keepers) for the ID confirmation.



They've been doing a fantastic job of pollinating my melons (watermelon in the pic) which are producing an absolute bumper crop!

I am looking at purchasing native bees, so great to know they're happy around these parts

Rob

[Rob]

Oh and for anyone interested, some of the melons they've been busy pollinating - in progress

Not long pollinated, but started developing. About 2.5" long.


Watermelon that's a bit older. About 4-5" long but growing fast!


Rockmelon - about 6" long.


Rob