« previous next »
Pages: [1]

Author Topic: Bumble bees  (Read 1676 times)

Grandma

  • Hectare
  • *****
  • Posts: 1,283
  • Worthing, West Sussex.
Bumble bees
« on: July 08, 2008, 13:07:52 »
Nearly ran these two over with my wheelie bin!



I imagine they were mating - never seen that before! The female (queen?) was absolutely enormous!
Logged

lorna

  • Hectare
  • *****
  • Posts: 7,837
  • March. Cambridgeshire
Re: Bumble bees
« Reply #1 on: July 08, 2008, 13:10:56 »
Whatever they were doing that is a great photo.
Logged

Grandma

  • Hectare
  • *****
  • Posts: 1,283
  • Worthing, West Sussex.
Re: Bumble bees
« Reply #2 on: July 08, 2008, 13:17:00 »
Thanks, Lorna but it wasn't difficult! They were much too busy to care about my camera just two inches away! xxx
Logged

Robert_Brenchley

  • Hectare
  • *****
  • Posts: 15,593
    • My blog
Re: Bumble bees
« Reply #3 on: July 08, 2008, 20:41:55 »
Queen bumblebees are enormous, but it's really early in the season for them to be mating. Normally they produce new queens and drones in late summer or early autumn.
Logged

Georgie

  • Hectare
  • *****
  • Posts: 5,057
  • Enfield, North London
Re: Bumble bees
« Reply #4 on: July 10, 2008, 20:36:03 »
Fantastic photo, Grandma.  Look so fluffy, just want to stroke 'em.   ;D

G x
Logged
'The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.'
Pages: [1]
« previous next »
 
SimplePortal 2.3.5 © 2008-2012, SimplePortal