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--Apple-Mail-32--334857236 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed JUNE 2, 2012 - At the Wolfville public library, I sat on a bench for lunch in a lovely spot surrounded by rhododendrons loaded with pink blossoms, and several noisy, huge, yellow-and-black bumblebees were feeding there (on both pollen and nectar?). The bumblebees sounded dangerous but were very easily approached and watched to very close distances (several cm.). I'm wondering (a) what species of bumblebee?, and (b) would these bumblebees seen be members of a single colony?, or (c) is it still early enough in the Summer that they would all be overwintered queens that are raising their first broods in hidden nests somewhere? Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. --Apple-Mail-32--334857236 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" style=3D"font: 13.0px Arial"><b>JUNE 2, = 2012</b> - At the Wolfville public library, I sat on a bench for lunch = in a lovely spot surrounded by <b>rhododendrons</b> loaded with pink = blossoms, and several <b>noisy, huge, yellow-and-black bumblebees</b> = were feeding there (on both pollen and nectar?). The bumblebees = sounded dangerous but were very easily approached and watched to very = close distances (several cm.).</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: = normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; = "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" = style=3D"font: 13.0px Arial"><b>I'm wondering </b>(a) what species of = bumblebee?, and (b) would these bumblebees seen be members of a single = colony?, or (c) is it still early enough in the Summer that they would = all be overwintered queens that are raising their first broods in hidden = nests somewhere?</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal = normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" face=3D"Arial" = size=3D"3"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: = 13px;">Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.</span></font></div> </body></html>= --Apple-Mail-32--334857236--
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