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Nick’s 2025 Holiday Calendar
Nick’s bee calendar is back, and this time features bees and bee stories from my first full year in Chicago. Below you’ll find information on each feature species accompanied by various natural history or field notes from the sighting. This calendar features photos exclusively of bees that can be spotted in Chicago. Many of these…
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Beauty and the bee
March 28, 2024: wild bees emerged in Chicago today! 53F and sunny, so I headed out to Sidney Yates Flatwoods. It was there that I met two bees: one new friend Andrena erigeniae and one old friend Colletes inaequalis. Andrena erigeniae, the spring beauty bee As I looked across the forest floor, I noticed splashes…
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Where do sweat bees go in winter?
By early March, I am restless for bees to emerge. This weekend, I ventured out to Harms Woods in hopes of finding an overwintering site of pure gold sweat bees (Augochlora pura). Herpetologists are fond of flipping logs to find snakes, salamanders, and frogs, gently replacing the logs as they were. I embraced the spirit…
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Nick’s 2024 Holiday Calendar
Every year, I make a holiday calendar for my family and friends of my nature photography. For the past few years, as my obsession with bees has deepened, my calendars have naturally featured photos of wild bees almost exclusively (surprise, surprise). One consistent piece of feedback that I have received from recipients is that they…