Man of Honour
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My Dad kills them for a living.
My Dad kills them for a living.
anyone into honey bees ??
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Just leave them bee.
Honey bees are smaller and not as hairy as bumblebees, so easy to tell apart. Possibly it's a mining bee, but most of those are pretty small.
Honey bees are smaller and not as hairy as bumblebees, so easy to tell apart. Possibly it's a mining bee, but most of those are pretty small.
this is about 3-4 ft away other end of shed
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Thats a terrible photo can barely make out anything from that. If they're bumblebees leave them be they're not a nuisance and protected I think, they're certainly getting much rarer than they used to be
Used to have a huge colony (not nest) of solitary ivy bees in the borders until one day the ivy blew down had to chop it up and they all disappeared they weren't any trouble though the noise they all made was quite alarming
Used to have a huge colony (not nest) of solitary ivy bees in the borders until one day the ivy blew down had to chop it up and they all disappeared they weren't any trouble though the noise they all made was quite alarming
Soldato
Can you man up, and get close enough to a decent picture....
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Looks like a white tailed bumblebee to me. Best to just leave them alone and they be gone by the end of the year. They can get a bit aggressive if you bother the nest but otherwise no problem at all.
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everything in focus but the object we're interested in. classic UFO photothis is about 3-4 ft away other end of shed
Don
You know it's a UFO because it flies at a tilt.
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2 bee threads in as many days. Things are starting to get strange, I'm starting to worry, this could be a case for Mulder and Scully
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Name change to Bee.Rider.
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lol
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Man of Honour
Bumble Bees make bumble rather than honey. Bumble is extremely hard to harvest but sells for high prices, especially on eBay.
Small amounts of bumble are hard to shift, so make sure you get at least a few hectares; it's easiest if you scoop it up in a bag rather than a net because the molecule binding is really loose.
And don't keep it in the fridge! Classic beginner's mistake.
Small amounts of bumble are hard to shift, so make sure you get at least a few hectares; it's easiest if you scoop it up in a bag rather than a net because the molecule binding is really loose.
And don't keep it in the fridge! Classic beginner's mistake.