What type of bee is this?

Bri

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Hello

I thought it was a bit early for bees, but I found one on the lawn on my way out earlier. It looked a bit worse for wear, stumbling around pretty slowly like it was about to die.

I'd read somewhere, (might have been here), that if you give a bee honey when it's tired (?) it sorts it out so I thought I'd give it a go!

So first off, here's Mr (or Mrs) bee;

bee1.jpg


What type of bee is it? doesn't look like a normal bee to me.

Mmmm, lovely honey, so nice it lifted a leg off the ground :eek:;

bee2.jpg


It had a big spike (technical term) on it's head, which it seemed to 'eat' the honey with, the spike seemed to have some sort of tongue device which came out of it, most odd.

Here's a better pic of said spike protrusion;

bee3.jpg


Anyway, after a bit of honey, it started moving about more quickly, then naffed off without so much as a thank you, inconsiderate oik!

Is it a Mozambique killer bee or what?
 
Bri said:
Yeah, your last 5 posts have been truly inspirational ;)

My last five or so posts have all been in threads that do not warrant total seriousness, including this one.

If you've got a problem I'd much rather take it up on MSN.
 
masslac said:
If you've got a problem I'd much rather take it up on MSN.

Wind your neck in mate, I was having a joke with you, notice the smiley. I'm sure you're an upstanding contributor to this board, just I don't post in GD much any more so haven't got anything to back this up :p <--- another jibe.

Daveyboy said:
That's a Stone Humble Bee (Lapidarius - Female Queen/worker)

more info: Natural History Museum

Lovely stuff, thanks very much :)
 
Bri said:
Wind your neck in mate, I was having a joke with you, notice the smiley. I'm sure you're an upstanding contributor to this board, just I don't post in GD much any more so haven't got anything to back this up :p <--- another jibe
lol, sorry, I'm just not a fan or sarcasm. :)
 
Bri said:
but it flew away the wily bugger.
Hes off to get hees m8s to drink all your honey
You could colonise them.
And train them :D
They could be your personal attack bees!!!!
 
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