A room with
a packed lunch.
The female gathers pollen and nectar, lays an egg on the provision, then builds a mud partition. Another cell begins in front of it.
Small lives, closely observed
Field notes / OsmiaOne bee.
A whole year.
A mason bee makes a nursery from an ordinary hollow stem. Open a season to see the quiet life behind each mud wall.
A room with
Pollen provisionGrowing beeProtective cocoon