Birds vs Bees

[David Nicholls <>]

Peter,

I was walking up that way again today (Red Hill Reserve, above west 
Deakin).  The nesting box with bees in it has the number DKG6 in texta 
on the underside.  The bees are still there.
Immediately up the hill into the Reserve, there's an older nesting box 
with a large number "8" painted on the side.  It also has a bee colony 
in it.
Further west along the path above Deakin there's another new nesting 
box, with the marking DKG3 underneath it.  This one had a young (? not 
fully coloured) Crimson Rosella in it that poked its head out and looked 
like it was expecting to be fed. :-)
DN

Peter Ormay wrote:
> Thanks David, I'll pass this on.
>
> The nest boxes are new plywood boxes put up about 3 months ago, all 
> about 3m above ground, in lots of 10 to 15, about 20 to 100 m apart in 
> reserves with suburbs backing onto them. Each has an individual number 
> written on the bottom in black texta.
> Regards
> Peter