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The thatching ant, a beneficial insect
It turns out that thatching ants don’t like to live in houses after all. They build their own, so they have no reason to move into mine. What I found was some references about how they “farm” aphids to collect the honeydew as food. Continue reading
Free to a good home: Blue Orchard Mason Bees
Since mason bees are a native insect here in the Pacific NW, you can “grow your own” just by providing suitable homes. It will take a couple years to build up your local population this way, but you don’t need to purchase your initial “start”. Continue reading
Posted in Beekeeping, Farming
Tagged Insects, Pollination, Swarm catching
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