big fat bee

These guys are great,they came back even though crops were slow.....I lost an apple tree and a pear dammit.


they don't sting,so let them fly

sight for sore eyez havent seen regular bees yet just bumbles, horseflies and MOSQUITOs already, its crazy.

were they very young or very old trees?

odd if they are middle aged and perished. its been warm and drought has eased up some.

sadly with all the radiation, ive noticed most our tender species of plants are succumbing to lots of fungal and other parasitic/viral diseases and/or mutated growth

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Aww that was to short. You just can tell those bees are wallowing in exactly what they love and need. I was mesmerized by that. Thank you for bzzzinging them.

Those are carpenter bees, true bumblebees nest in the ground. As for being stingless you're half-right - the males have no stinger but the females who excavate wood to make her nest come fully equipped.

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Radiation?? From where. Do you live near Chernoble?????

Originally posted by Asktheanimals
Those are carpenter bees, true bumblebees nest in the ground. As for being stingless you're half-right - the males have no stinger but the females who excavate wood to make her nest come fully equipped.

Carpentar bees are very large and mostly black. They have a little yellow on the thorax but the abdomen is completely black and shiny. See them work here...

www.carpenterbees.com...

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Fear not, a beekeeper in the US Pacific Northwest found a wild bee colony that has developed immunity to a fungal pathogen called Nosema Ceranae, which is being investigated as one possible cause of Colony Collapse Disorder. Here's a link to that report in the NRDC OnEarth magazine:

www.onearth.org...

BEAUTIFUL!!!

And now that you started Bee videos... I'll probably regret this - but - I'll share mine.

Added note? I have no problem with bees here - honey bees are doing great in Sicily!

Beyond that? I just had to 'nest' my orange tree - sometimes it's not the bees fault - sometimes your older trees need to be lopped off and grafted. I'll make sure and send you a heads up when I post the pictures of easy home grafting!

So, bee-tween now and then? Here's my lil'buddies!



Please don't make me regret posting this, lol!

Peace