BEES

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Willpar
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Re: BEES

Post by Willpar » Sun May 12, 2019 8:19 am

good one butterfly.

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Re: BEES

Post by Butterfly » Thu May 23, 2019 5:03 pm

A bloody spider built a web in my wallflower and one bee got caught in it, found it dead earlier :( . I can't believe it managed to build it so fast, I watered it just early last evening and there was nothing. Damn it, I will check it constantly from now on :(

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Placido
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Re: BEES

Post by Placido » Wed Aug 07, 2019 11:47 am

This is second-hand - a neighbour reports a white-tailed bumblebee so that's lovely :bee: :clap:

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Re: BEES

Post by Jacksparrow » Wed Aug 07, 2019 8:25 pm

Placido wrote:
Wed Aug 07, 2019 11:47 am
This is second-hand - a neighbour reports a white-tailed bumblebee so that's lovely :bee: :clap:
The white tails are my most regular visitors though there a several species which can be confused with them. Second most common visitor is the smaller Tree Bumblebee.

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Re: BEES

Post by Placido » Fri Aug 09, 2019 8:11 am

I take your word - just pleased that the neighbour enthused :nod:

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Re: BEES

Post by Jacksparrow » Fri Aug 09, 2019 7:43 pm

Placido wrote:
Fri Aug 09, 2019 8:11 am
I take your word - just pleased that the neighbour enthused :nod:
I tried to train myself to ID the different species of Bumble by purchasing guides and plain observation. It is a lot trickier than birds with the black,yellow and white variants being very confusing. I found the more I studied the more confused I became :shrug:

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Re: BEES

Post by Placido » Sat Aug 10, 2019 8:34 am

Jacksparrow wrote:
Fri Aug 09, 2019 7:43 pm
Placido wrote:
Fri Aug 09, 2019 8:11 am
I take your word - just pleased that the neighbour enthused :nod:
I tried to train myself to ID the different species of Bumble by purchasing guides and plain observation. It is a lot trickier than birds with the black,yellow and white variants being very confusing. I found the more I studied the more confused I became :shrug:
Aaaaah yes, I see. That would account for a lot .......

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Re: BEES

Post by Jacksparrow » Sat Aug 10, 2019 8:34 pm

Placido wrote:
Sat Aug 10, 2019 8:34 am
Jacksparrow wrote:
Fri Aug 09, 2019 7:43 pm
Placido wrote:
Fri Aug 09, 2019 8:11 am
I take your word - just pleased that the neighbour enthused :nod:
I tried to train myself to ID the different species of Bumble by purchasing guides and plain observation. It is a lot trickier than birds with the black,yellow and white variants being very confusing. I found the more I studied the more confused I became :shrug:
Aaaaah yes, I see. That would account for a lot .......
:nod: :iagree:

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Re: BEES

Post by Willpar » Wed Feb 05, 2020 7:34 pm

Seen one of the smaller bumble bees today. Had a reddish tail.

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Re: BEES

Post by Jacksparrow » Wed Feb 05, 2020 8:46 pm

Willpar wrote:
Wed Feb 05, 2020 7:34 pm
Seen one of the smaller bumble bees today. Had a reddish tail.
:wow: Blimey that one was early.

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