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		<title>How do I encourage mason bees into my garden?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 10:11:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul B</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In forums, on Youtube and our Facebook page, people are naturally asking &#8216;How do I encourage mason bees into my garden?&#8217;  Well I was lucky enough to already have my bees already nesting in the sandy mortar in between the bricks of my family house.  However, 7 years on I can offer a little basic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wool Carder Bee (Anthidium manicatum)</title>
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		<dc:creator>Paul B</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first footage of a female Wool Carder Bee in the act of what has given it it's common name. ]]></description>
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		<title>Cleaning solitary bee cocoons with sand</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:05:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul B</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just saw these two videos (part I and II) today, by Norm (the father and inventor) and his son Gordon of Hutching Bee Services (YouTube channel). (Update: their new and fascinating site is here) Rather than using a wet disinfectant (bleach and water) method of ridding cocoons of mites which they suggest is less effective, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>250 Species of Native Bees in UK</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2009 11:57:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul B</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Came across a great video this morning.  It goes through the different species of native bees in Britain/UK (I suppose native bees don&#8217;t make the distinction). Produced by the British Science Association, it covers and distinguishes between the nests and habitats of Leafcutter bees, Masonry bees, Tawny Mining bees, Wool Carder bees, Miner bees, Cuckoo [...]]]></description>
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