Sydney Native Bees

Sydney Native Bees rescuing - servicing - educating -
our local community on indigenous bee biodiversity & conservation

24/09/2025

Spring .:. is a special time where everything bursts with growth. A Queen bee laying her eggs into freshly provisioned cells.

• Tetragonula carbonaria

\\-- Local Collaborators —//& the iridescent Green Carpenter Bee! Photography and illustration - the magnificent moment ...
09/02/2025

\\-- Local Collaborators —//
& the iridescent Green Carpenter Bee!
Photography and illustration - the magnificent moment captured by wild life photographer, Jenn - - inspired local Sydney illustrator and poet, Eliza
- - to draw her majestic beauty.
(via Insta G)
—- Xylocopa (Lestis) sp. - female

As cute as a picnicIn a orange fuzz Of afternoon goldPollen confetti buzz On a party of high Pitch drills and spills As ...
24/11/2024

As cute as a picnic
In a orange fuzz
Of afternoon gold
Pollen confetti buzz

On a party of high
Pitch drills and spills
As blue petals dance
To underground chill

- Amegilla Bombifomus - Teddy Bear Bee
Pencil, pen and nature on paper.
by Elizabeth Rogan -

_- Australian Insect of the Year -_Blue-banded bee named 2024 ABC Australian Insect of the Year as thousands vote in ina...
09/11/2024

_- Australian Insect of the Year -_
Blue-banded bee named 2024 ABC Australian Insect of the Year as thousands vote in inaugural poll.

“A cute, vividly coloured native bee with a very distinctive buzz is the ABC's first Australian Insect of the Year.

A total of 13,593 people voted in the inaugural ABC Insect of the Year poll. Just over 50.1 per cent (6,815 votes) chose the blue-banded bee (Amegilla cingulata) from a field of six insect finalists selected by an expert panel.”

• Amegilla cingulata • pencil & pen on paper •
by local Sydney artist, Elizabeth Rogan
(via insta.G)

_- https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-09/blue-banded-bee-australian-insect-of-the-year-inaugral-vote/104572938 #:~:text=Just%20over%2050.1%20per%20cent,selected%20by%20an%20expert%20panel.

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810 Pittwater Road, Dee Why
Sydney, NSW
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