#gardenplot14 — Public Fediverse posts

Saw the first paper #wasp queen claiming one of the #WaspHouse-s this afternoon in our #communityGarden plot—#GardenPlot14! 🥰 *made my day*

I believe they inherit the memory of their ancestors’ unsuccessful nest building in our plastic garden tool storage bench, and of the failed nest having been moved to the wooden wasp house nearby.

This wasp queen was hovering near the tool bench before deciding to go into the wasp house. They can learn, but it seems to take a few generations. 🏠🐝✨

Happy to see the paperWasps in the wasp-house are thriving in my community garden plot. 🥰💓🐝✨

#waspHouse #pollinators #GardenPlot14

Found a couple of very ripe bittermelons 🧡

Et voilà, the airFried bittermelon fillets!! 😋

#bittermelon #gardenPlot14 #GrowYourOwn

I was trying to take a photo of the paperWasps inside of one of the waspHouses in my community garden plot this evening. This one came out to protest wasp paparazzi. They’re so cute. 😆🥰💗🤨🐝✨

#waspHouse #GardenPlot14 #pollinators #LivePhotoGIF

The rains also brought dragonfly army! This one guards my community garden plot from mosquitos.
 
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(The symbols and punctuations depict dragonfly)

#dragonfly #bugsAreCool #GardenPlot14

We made a new wasp house for another paperWasps queen who made her nest in the storage bench in my plot. I’ve used wood glue instead of screws for this one. I’ll carefully attach the paperWasp hive inside at the garden while the temperature is still cool. We need another one for the second queen.

#waspHouse #pollinators #GardenPlot14

*squee* I’m so happy to see the paperWasps are in the house!!!

We went to clean up the communityGarden plot this afternoon. I saw a paperWasp flew by me, so I checked the waspHouse we made for them last summer when a queen had built a nest in the plastic storage bench. 💗🐝

#waspHouse #GardenPlot14

I wish I knew what was going on between the paperWasp and the hoverFly-like wasp. The paperWasp (on the right) seemed to be guarding the okra flower bud while the other wasp seemed to be bothering.

[edit: originally I assumed the other wasp to be a hoverFly.]

#BugsAreCool #paperWasp #hoverFly #GardenPlot14

Now there are 3 paperWasps in the wasp house in my community garden plot! 😍🥰🐝🐝🐝✨

@nev 🧡💛

#GardenPlot14 #WaspHouse #humaneGarden #coexist

The #PaperWasp queen in the #WaspHouse is well. 🥰🫶🏠🐝

#pollinators #GardenPlot14

A #paperWasp queen made a nest under the lid of the storage bench in my communityGarden plot. We’ll be gently opening and closing it from now on. They’re docile, and avid #pollinators, so I think we can share the storage bench. We’ll see…
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#GardenPlot14 #humansGarden #bugsAreCool