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RE: Bees in hole in ground - Farendwoman - 06-07-2022
Try this link to see my bees (if you’re interested!)
https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/727524076
RE: Bees in hole in ground - Jay - 06-07-2022
^^^ Fab!!
RE: Bees in hole in ground - Veggie - 06-07-2022
That worked!! Great to hear the buzzing - and you, FEW.
RE: Bees in hole in ground - Can the Man - 06-07-2022
That’s brilliant FEW, I don’t know anything about bumble bees I presume the don’t make honey if they are building a nest underground.
RE: Bees in hole in ground - toomanytommytoes - 06-07-2022
(06-07-2022, 11:38 PM)Can the Man Wrote: That’s brilliant FEW, I don’t know anything about bumble bees I presume the don’t make honey if they are building a nest underground.Queen wakes up from hibernation in early spring, finds hole, makes nest, lays eggs, eggs hatch into female workers, queen lays more eggs, eggs hatch into males and new queens, they leave the nest to find a mate, old queen dies, mated new queens fatten up for winter and find a hole to hibernate in. They don't store food for long periods, so no honey.
RE: Bees in hole in ground - Scarlet - 07-07-2022
(06-07-2022, 08:21 PM)Farendwoman Wrote: Thanks -I’ll investigate how to do that.I had to put mine up on YouTube and then have a link from here - I for one would live to see it!
Interestingly the bees grab little bits of dirt, pebbles or stones and block the entrance to their hole at night.
Just like us locking our doors I guess.
Then they push and shove their way out in the morning. I am fascinated!
RE: Bees in hole in ground - PyreneesPlot - 07-07-2022
Brilliant. Thanks for posting this. Fascinating the different sizes of bee - I guess the smaller are the males?
RE: Bees in hole in ground - JJB - 07-07-2022
Brilliant, thanks for posting. I'll be on the look out for holes in the ground.
RE: Bees in hole in ground - Scarlet - 07-07-2022
When I went to Jekkas Herbs the woman there did the bee talk - absolutely fascinating. Loved that bees will sleep in a snails shell and cover the entrance with a blade of grass. Fascinating
RE: Bees in hole in ground - Moth - 07-07-2022
Brilliant, FEW. Buff tailed bees, bombus terrestris. The big ones with clearly buff bums are males, probably been turfed out now they are adult and not allowed back in so the workers can concentrate on rearing new queens. The workers are the smaller ones with tails that are much whiter rather than buff.