Soh Kam Yung was making his way back to the Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve Visitor Centre, due to the coming rain when he saw this small bee resting on a […]
Recently I was trimming the small branches of my Jack Fruit tree (Artocarpus heterophyllus) in an effort to control the size of its crown. This opened up the crown and […]
A lone Asian honey bee (Apis cerana) was observed flitting in between fresh blooms of pigeon orchid (Dendrobium crumenatum) flowers on 19 December 2021. A very short video of the […]
The Bottle Gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) belongs to the cucumber family Cucurbitaceae. It is a strong climber with large heart-shaped leaves (above). The plant bears male and female flowers on slender […]
An earlier post on the Paper Wasp (Polistes sagittarius) ended further observations when the colony was destroyed by insecticides LINK. This allowed me to collect the nests for closer examination […]
On the morning of 12th January 2019, I was informed of a swarm of bees at a footpath in front of my house. The swarm, flying around an ornamental potted […]
Dwarf Honey Bee: 1. Colony; 2. What happens when it rains?; 3. Bees have absconded; 4. A piece of damaged comb; 5. Invasion of Wax Moth.; 6. A new colony […]
I have always been observing bees visiting my Bush Grape (Cayratia mollissima) plants in the evenings. What I observed was that the Dwarf Honey Bees (Apis andreniformis) were busy collecting […]
On 28th November 2018, Lee Li Er was at Singapore’s Hindhede Nature Park, adjacent to the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve. There, she encountered an Oriental Honey-buzzard (Pernis ptilorhyncus) feeding from […]
Because of the presence of a colony of Dwarf Honey Bees (Apis andreniformi) in the Golden Penda tree (Xanthostemon chrysanthus) nearby, my Bush Grape flowers (Cayratia mollissima) are visited daily […]
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