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General Subjects => Flowers and Foliage Now => Topic started by: Maggi Young on April 14, 2017, 01:32:49 PM
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A website which may be of help in learning a bit more about bees...
http://www.bloomsforbees.co.uk/id-guide/ (http://www.bloomsforbees.co.uk/id-guide/)
And, from Steven Fallk http://www.stevenfalk.co.uk/ (http://www.stevenfalk.co.uk/) and flickr ( https://www.flickr.com/photos/63075200@N07/with/33921770606/ (https://www.flickr.com/photos/63075200@N07/with/33921770606/) )
ID pix of various Queen Bumble Bees
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This is all very interesting. I had no idea there were so many species of bumble bee. We have big ones and little ones but I hadn't given thought (or noticed) any others. I like them a lot (even the one which stung me a couple of months ago) and will take more notice now, or when a new batch arrives in our spring. :)
Because of what seems to be a world-wide shortage of honey bees, many orchardists and market gardeners, especially under glass, are using bumble bees to pollinate for their crops. We are able to buy a small colony in a box which is positioned in a suitable place and the bees live there and do their work.
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A reminder of the blog spot of Travis Owen ( amateuranthecologist ) - who works with bees and is fascinated by all pollinators:http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=13610.0
From forumist Mark McDonough (The Onion Man) in Massachusetts we have this link for the photographic blog of his wife, Sukey McDonough ( they're a talented family as are so many in SRGC! )
https://www.sukeymcdonough.com/honey-and-other-small-bees (https://www.sukeymcdonough.com/honey-and-other-small-bees)