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| melody |
Posted - Apr 21 2010 : 11:20:18 AM
Lately I have spotted a rather odd looking bumblebee in my flower bed. It's not like any bumblee I have ever seen....
He has a deep orange behind! I actually did a double take LOL!
Anyone know what kind of bee this would be??
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| mscountrygirl |
Posted - Apr 21 2010 : 1:15:41 PM
I try to find a dead insect and put it in a container and haul it over to the extension. I am lucky enough to live down the street. They know alot too.
It's all good!
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| melody |
Posted - Apr 21 2010 : 12:40:37 PM
It turns out this bee is a tricolored bumble bee, also sometimes called “orange-belted” for obvious reasons. It is supposedly a fairly common bumble bee in the northern United States. It is a large bee… males and worker bees can be up to half an inch in length, and the queens are even larger at more than 3/4-inch. They are considered to be superior pollinators because they will collect pollen even in cold or wet weather
Well how about that?
We need all the help we can get here in the UP as it is supposed to get down to 28-degrees tonight---yep, I will have to cover my strawberries again---
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| melody |
Posted - Apr 21 2010 : 12:34:22 PM
Oh...Oh that's it!
Thank you Siobhan. I am going to read all about them. Who knew? An orange belted bumblebee!!
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| clothedinscarlet |
Posted - Apr 21 2010 : 12:29:20 PM
Maybe this Melody?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange-belted_bumblebee
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| Diane B Carter |
Posted - Apr 21 2010 : 12:23:41 PM
I will have to take a closer look at them the next time I see one. I have seen a few really big bummle bee's so far this spring but I didn't notice anything different.
Hope all your days are Sunnydays.
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| melody |
Posted - Apr 21 2010 : 12:23:26 PM
Normal average bumblebee size, but the color Robin---I have never seen anything like that before!
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| OneCraftyBugger |
Posted - Apr 21 2010 : 11:31:09 AM
Its not a HUGE bee us it? we have GIGUNDA carpenter bees that make holes in wood.. Never noticed them untill a few years ago, not sure where they came from or why, but wish they would go away
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