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goneriding
True Blue Farmgirl
1599 Posts
Winona
Central Oregon
USA
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 Posted - Jun 03 2009 : 7:42:00 PM
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They look more like flying rocks to me. How those things are aerodynamic, I'll never know.
Anyway, we have a tree of some sort that has oodles of BB's in it. They aren't aggressive and sure do like my flowers.
Just sort of funny looking... 
Winona 
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melody
True Blue Farmgirl
3318 Posts
Melody
The Great North Woods in the Land of Hiawatha
USA
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country roads
True Blue Farmgirl
443 Posts
Melissa
Shinglehouse
Pa
USA
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Posted - Jun 04 2009 : 06:28:56 AM
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Oh, I just love fuzzy bumblebees. I am always saving them and the honey bees from our swimming pool. I set them on the wood pile to warm up and dry off. Then they fly away.
Take care, Melissa.
Farmgirl # 352
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goneriding
True Blue Farmgirl
1599 Posts
Winona
Central Oregon
USA
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Posted - Jun 04 2009 : 10:02:01 AM
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Just curious, but can a person catch them and send them in the mail?? Is that legal, since it's an animal, I mean. If so, if we could catch some of the boogers, I'd be happy to TRY to catch some and send them. (Oh, how would I do THAT?...) Then again, the change in climate or terrain might still do them in??
I've heard there is a shortage of the buzzers but not here. Also, there is some sort of 'bee' that looks like a cross between a bee and a yellow jacket. Or maybe it's some sort of bee that I've never seen.
Winona ;-)
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CountryBorn
True Blue Farmgirl
1545 Posts
Mary Jane
New York
USA
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Posted - Jun 04 2009 : 10:10:30 AM
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It's funny this year I have seen more bumblebees than ever. They are buzzing around everywhere!
MJ
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prariehawk
True Blue Farmgirl
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Cindy
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Posted - Jun 04 2009 : 9:24:35 PM
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I love bumbles. I used to be afraid of them when I was a kid, but now I find if I just stand still, they'll fly into me and bounce off. I've never known anyone who was stung by one--they're about the most non-aggressive bee you'll ever come across. I even stepped on a nest of them in the ground once and all they did was make an angry buzzing sound.
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katie-ell
True Blue Farmgirl
1818 Posts
Katie
Illinois
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Posted - Jun 07 2009 : 04:47:25 AM
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I love bumblebees, too. And I like to pet them. In the morning, when a bumble is sitting still on a leaf, warming and drying off in the sun, I'll gently stroke its back. The bumblebee will reach back with a leg, like 'what's that back there?' So funny!
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pamcook
True Blue Farmgirl
228 Posts
Pam
Chapel Hill
NC
USA
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Bumblebees...we gots 'em!
