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Produce => Wildlife forum => Topic started by: GREENWIZARD on October 16, 2006, 18:14:06

Title: the birds
Post by: GREENWIZARD on October 16, 2006, 18:14:06

& the bees :o ;D

(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y31/GREENWIZARD/P9230605.jpg)

(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y31/GREENWIZARD/P9230609.jpg)

(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y31/GREENWIZARD/P9230610.jpg)

Title: Re: the birds
Post by: angle shades on October 16, 2006, 18:36:53

:)

I had a couple just the same as this in my greenhouse,I was shocked!!

I sort of forgot they mated ::)/shades x

Title: Re: the birds
Post by: MrsKP on October 16, 2006, 19:35:17

 :o are they doing .... you know ??? bee things ?

 8)

Title: Re: the birds
Post by: Robert_Brenchley on October 16, 2006, 20:02:18

That's right; I've seen it twice this year. First time was a solitary bee, probably a leaf cutter, the second was too high to see, and could have been a wasp. Honeybee drones mate once, explosively, and die at once. I don't know how far the same applies to other species, but I suspect that in many cases it won't.

Title: Re: the birds
Post by: MrsKP on October 16, 2006, 21:27:22

if only we could get rid of you all that easily  :P

Title: Re: the birds
Post by: Robert_Brenchley on October 16, 2006, 22:48:05

Only the bees don't, since colonies raise drones by the hundred.