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Index of Subjects ---2114655128-999708738-1338755585=:68720 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Dave=0AI see the workers out already here in Martins Point.=0ANot many y= et but some.=0AThere is also some Tri colored bees in my rhodos and azaleas= .=0AThey are not as big as=A0_Bombus impatiens_.but pretty good size.=0AQui= te attractive colors. Is Tricolored the correct name?=0AThe bees have been = very plentiful in my yard this year. Not uncommon=0Ato see 6 - 8 on a plant= . I use a lot of peat moss, leaves and other organic material=0AThe ground = under=A0the plants is very loose. Perhaps this allows the bees to=0Abuild n= ests more easily.=0AI was in Kentville today at the Research station and in= spite of a good bloom=0Athere was many less bees than at home. I noted the= ground there was hard.=0AIn addition at Kentville there is an insect eatin= g the decidious azalea leaves.=A0=0AStrips them down to the rib. I found on= e - it had made a cacoon with the leaves.=0AAbout 2 cms in length - as expe= cted a yellowish green. Hope they stay in Kentville.=0AThey may be in the w= ild azaleas also but I've never seen any.=0AHave a nice spring=0APaul=0A=0A= =0A=0A________________________________=0A From: David McCorquodale <dbmcc09= @gmail.com>=0ATo: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca =0ASent: Sunday, June 3, 2012 4:3= 3:08 PM=0ASubject: Re: [NatureNS] re huge bumblebees on rhodos, Wolfville= =0A =0AJim:=0A=0ALarge bumble bees now (early June) will be queens.=A0 Ther= efore each one=0Ais likely to have her own colony.=A0 Many of these are lik= ely to be=0A_Bombus impatiens_.=A0 This species was unknown in NS until abo= ut 1990.=0ASince then it has become the most common species in cities and m= ost=0Atowns.=A0 Yes, despite the press, this is a species of bee that has= =0Aincreased in geographic range and population in NS.=0A=0AThe first worke= rs (all females) should be out in the next 10 days or=0Aperhaps some are ou= t now.=A0 They are much smaller, less than half the=0Asize of queens.=A0 Th= ese female workers will forage, defend the nest and=0Aexpand the nest.=A0 T= he next generation of workers will be a little=0Alarger and by late August = the females produced will be the size of the=0Alarge queens you are seeing = now.=0A=0ADBMcC=0A=0AOn Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 3:53 PM, James W. Wolford <jimw= olford@eastlink.ca> wrote:=0A> JUNE 2, 2012 - At the Wolfville public libra= ry, I sat on a bench for lunch=0A> in a lovely spot surrounded by rhododend= rons loaded with pink blossoms, and=0A> several noisy, huge, yellow-and-bla= ck bumblebees were feeding there (on both=0A> pollen and nectar?).=A0 The b= umblebees sounded dangerous but were very easily=0A> approached and watched= to very close distances (several cm.).=0A>=0A> I'm wondering (a) what spec= ies of bumblebee?, and (b) would these bumblebees=0A> seen be members of a = single colony?, or (c) is it still early enough in the=0A> Summer that they= would all be overwintered queens that are raising their=0A> first broods i= n hidden nests somewhere?=0A>=0A> Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. ---2114655128-999708738-1338755585=:68720 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body><div style=3D"color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:ti= mes new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Hi Dave</s= pan></div><div><span>I see the workers out already here in Martins Point.</= span></div><div><span>Not many yet but some.</span></div><div><span>There i= s also some Tri colored bees in my rhodos and azaleas.</span></div><div><sp= an>They are not as big as </span><span style=3D"font-size: 12pt; ">_Bo= mbus impatiens_.but pretty good size.</span></div><div><span style=3D"font-= size: 12pt; ">Quite attractive colors. Is Tricolored the correct name?</spa= n></div><div><span style=3D"font-size: 12pt; ">The bees have been very plen= tiful in my yard this year. Not uncommon</span></div><div><span style=3D"fo= nt-size: 12pt; ">to see 6 - 8 on a plant. I use a lot of peat moss, leaves = and other organic material</span></div><div><span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;= ">The ground under </span><span style=3D"font-size: 12pt; ">the plant= s is very loose. Perhaps this allows the bees to</span></div><div><span style= =3D"font-size: 12pt; ">build nests more easily.</span></div><div><span styl= e=3D"font-size: 12pt; ">I was in Kentville today at the Research station an= d in spite of a good bloom</span></div><div>there was many less bees than a= t home. I noted the ground there was hard.</div><div>In addition at Kentvil= le there is an insect eating the decidious azalea leaves. </div><div>S= trips them down to the rib. I found one - it had made a cacoon with the lea= ves.</div><div>About 2 cms in length - as expected a yellowish green. Hope = they stay in Kentville.</div><div>They may be in the wild azaleas also but = I've never seen any.</div><div>Have a nice spring</div><div>Paul</div><div>= <br></div><div><br></div> <div style=3D"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'tim= es new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "> <div style=3D"font-size: 12pt; = font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "> <div dir=3D"lt= r"> <font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"> <hr size=3D"1"> <b><span style=3D"font-w= eight:bold;">From:</span></b> David McCorquodale <dbmcc09@gmail.com><= br> <b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> naturens@chebucto.= ns.ca <br> <b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Sunday, J= une 3, 2012 4:33:08 PM<br> <b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">Subject:</= span></b> Re: [NatureNS] re huge bumblebees on rhodos, Wolfville<br> </font= > </div> <br>Jim:<br><br>Large bumble bees now (early June) will be queens.= Therefore each one<br>is likely to have her own colony. Many o= f these are likely to be<br>_Bombus impatiens_. This species was unkn= own in NS until about 1990.<br>Since then it has become the most common spe= cies in cities and most<b