tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1013316887660017880.post3855694569937611674..comments2024-03-25T16:04:06.581-05:00Comments on MObugs: Attack of the Honey BeesShelly Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18367843308248195970noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1013316887660017880.post-41681830886042594072018-05-06T16:56:14.468-05:002018-05-06T16:56:14.468-05:00Today a bumblebee landed om my knee, with a small ...Today a bumblebee landed om my knee, with a small bee on its tail part. It tried to get rid of the bee and I helped it by flipping away the bee with my finger. It then rested for 15 minutes and flew away. We have a strange late spring this year so perhaps there is too much competition right now. / Ake,in Sweden.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1013316887660017880.post-5921813351507392522010-11-04T20:10:34.787-05:002010-11-04T20:10:34.787-05:00Bio I agree I would have to be on the side of the ...Bio I agree I would have to be on the side of the native bumble bee after all they were behaving quite nicely...not at all like the greedy little honey bees....LOLShelly Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18367843308248195970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1013316887660017880.post-46906498892229845312010-11-04T20:09:36.240-05:002010-11-04T20:09:36.240-05:00LOL Steve, thankfully the bumbles bees were even t...LOL Steve, thankfully the bumbles bees were even tempered and not bothered at all by the attempts of the honey bees to run them offShelly Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18367843308248195970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1013316887660017880.post-56738847394761378432010-11-04T20:08:38.068-05:002010-11-04T20:08:38.068-05:00Thanks Geek, I was very shocked to find these hone...Thanks Geek, I was very shocked to find these honey bees acting so aggressively towards the bumble bees. It was almost humorous to see how those bumble bees were ignoring the honey bees. It was as if a mere gnat was pestering them.Shelly Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18367843308248195970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1013316887660017880.post-35940083337063040382010-11-04T19:57:47.260-05:002010-11-04T19:57:47.260-05:00Wow. Super interesting.
I'm glad the bumblebe...Wow. Super interesting.<br /><br />I'm glad the bumblebees were relatively unperturbed. The honeys are non-native (I assume), after all, so I'll always be on the native's side. =) Especially since the bumbler was probably willing to share.biobabblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15081382623906668057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1013316887660017880.post-85715118953267736072010-11-04T10:35:08.619-05:002010-11-04T10:35:08.619-05:00Never noticed the aggression, perhaps the other ju...Never noticed the aggression, perhaps the other just flew off.I hope this isn't another honey war.LOLOut on the prairiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09548162534362532705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1013316887660017880.post-86501910624923119432010-11-04T08:26:13.773-05:002010-11-04T08:26:13.773-05:00Great series of shots, and interesting observation...Great series of shots, and interesting observations! The little honey bees remind me of my small mugsly dog...pesty and obnoxious but too small for the biggers to be terribly bothered by it :-PAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com