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Like all bees, Orchard Mason Bees collect flower pollen as a protein source for their young, and get their energy from the sweet nectar the flowers produce to attract them.
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Parasites, Predators, and Other Cool Stuff!

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These Chalcid wasp larvae have survived by eating the OMB larva.

These larvae failed to develop, even though their cells had plenty of nectar and pollen. They died of chalk brood, but not the type that threatens honey bees.

This larva was killed by spores of Chalkbrood fungi.

These Cuckoo Bees eat the OMB provisions, but not the bee larva itself.

Eight good reasons to cover your bee houses in early June - Predator Wasps!

These tubes are inhabited by wasps, who use grasses to partition their nesting cells.

Since wasps are carnivores, they paralyze insects like these for their larvae to feed upon. The juicy guts have been eaten, leaving this mass of dried wings and body parts.

The center chamber is teeming with - gross - Hairy-fingered pollen mites.

Too much trapped moisture can result in mold, mildew, and dead bees. Don't use plastic straws!

Tubes capped with white like these mean spiders inside, and these were emerging as I photographed them. See the legs? Ewww.

This sticky, white cocoon contains a dormant spider.

Within seconds it was out and running across my desk. Luckily a hatching native bee didn't encounter it first!

Well, it wasn't quite as dormant as I thought!

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