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Index of Subjects ---2114655128-369343360-1338810766=:88612 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Angus - is there any leaf damage on your decidious azaleas?=0AMost plants a= t the Kentville Station have had some leaves eating to the ribs.=0AThere ar= e no evergreen ones there so I couldn't check them=0Aand I haven't seen any= damage on wild ones.=0AIt will take the starch out of the azaleas for a fe= w years.=0AHave a nice spring=0APaul=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A________________________= ________=0A From: Angus MacLean <angusmcl@ns.sympatico.ca>=0ATo: naturens@c= hebucto.ns.ca =0ASent: Sunday, June 3, 2012 7:40:23 PM=0ASubject: Re: [Natu= reNS] re huge bumblebees on rhodos, Wolfville=0A =0A=0AAs David points out,= the large Bumble Bees (Queens) should=0Abe for the most part, Bombus impat= iens. I find it interesting that all, that I have observed, are B. impatien= s even though one should=0Afind a few B. vagans. Also these Queens are nume= rous, noticeably more=0Athan in past years. Does it mean anything? I have o= nly saw a few workers=0Aso far.=0A=0AEarlier these Queens spent most of the= ir time on the ground inspecting=0Apotential nesting sites. Now they are wo= rking the flowers; they are fond=0Aof our azaleas which are somewhat past t= heir peak bloom.=0A=0AAngus in Coldbrook, KIngs=0A=0AAt 04:33 PM 6/3/2012, = you wrote:=0A=0AJim:=0A>=0A>Large bumble bees now (early June) will be quee= ns.=A0 Therefore each=0Aone=0A>is likely to have her own colony.=A0 Many of= these are likely to=0Abe=0A>_Bombus impatiens_.=A0 This species was unknow= n in NS until about=0A1990.=0A>Since then it has become the most common spe= cies in cities and most=0A>towns.=A0 Yes, despite the press, this is a spec= ies of bee that=0Ahas=0A>increased in geographic range and population in NS= .=0A>=0A>The first workers (all females) should be out in the next 10 days = or=0A>perhaps some are out now.=A0 They are much smaller, less than half=0A= the=0A>size of queens.=A0 These female workers will forage, defend the nest= =0Aand=0A>expand the nest.=A0 The next generation of workers will be a=0Ali= ttle=0A>larger and by late August the females produced will be the size of= =0Athe=0A>large queens you are seeing now.=0A>=0A>DBMcC=0A>=0A>On Sun, Jun = 3, 2012 at 3:53 PM, James W. Wolford=0A<jimwolford@eastlink.ca> wrote:=0A>>= JUNE 2, 2012 - At the Wolfville public library, I sat on a bench for=0Alun= ch=0A>> in a lovely spot surrounded by rhododendrons loaded with pink=0Ablo= ssoms, and=0A>> several noisy, huge, yellow-and-black bumblebees were feedi= ng there=0A(on both=0A>> pollen and nectar?).=A0 The bumblebees sounded dan= gerous but were=0Avery easily=0A>> approached and watched to very close dis= tances (several cm.).=0A>>=0A>> I'm wondering (a) what species of bumblebee= ?, and (b) would these=0Abumblebees=0A>> seen be members of a single colony= ?, or (c) is it still early enough=0Ain the=0A>> Summer that they would all= be overwintered queens that are raising=0Atheir=0A>> first broods in hidde= n nests somewhere?=0A>>=0A>> Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. ---2114655128-369343360-1338810766=:88612 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>Angus - is= there any leaf damage on your decidious azaleas?</span></div><div>Most pla= nts at the Kentville Station have had some leaves eating to the ribs.</div>= <div>There are no evergreen ones there so I couldn't check them</div><div>a= nd I haven't seen any damage on wild ones.</div><div>It will take the starc= h out of the azaleas for a few years.</div><div>Have a nice spring</div><di= v>Paul</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div> <div style=3D"fo= nt-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; ">= <div style=3D"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york',= times, serif; "> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"> <hr si= ze=3D"1"> <b><span style=3D"font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Angus MacL= ean <angusmcl@ns.sympatico.ca><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, June 3, 2012 7:40:23 PM<br> <b><spa= n style=3D"font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [NatureNS] re huge b= umblebees on rhodos, Wolfville<br> </font> </div> <br><meta http-equiv=3D"x= -dns-prefetch-control" content=3D"off"><div id=3D"yiv1547777147">=0A<div>= =0A<font size=3D"3">As David points out, the large Bumble Bees (Queens) sho= uld=0Abe for the most part, Bombus impatiens. I find it interesting that=0A= <b>all</b>, that I have observed, are B. impatiens even though one should= =0Afind a few B. vagans. Also these Queens are numerous, noticeably more=0A= than in past years. Does it mean anything? I have only saw a few workers=0A= so far.<br><br>=0AEarlier these Queens spent most of their time on the grou= nd inspecting=0Apotential nesting sites. Now they are working the flowers; = they are fond=0Aof our azaleas which are somewhat past their peak bloom.<br= ><br>=0AAngus in Coldbrook, KIngs<br><br>=0AAt 04:33 PM 6/3/2012, you wrote= :<br>=0A</font><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D"yiv1547777147cite" cite= =3D""><font size=3D"3">Jim:<br><br>=0ALarge bumble bees now (early June) wi= ll be queens. Therefore each=0Aone<br>=0Ais likely to have her own co= lony. Many of these are likely to=0Abe<br>=0A_Bombus impatiens_. = ; This species was unknown in NS until about=0A1990.<br>=0ASince then it ha= s become the most common species in cities and most<br>=0Atowns. Yes,= despite the press, this is a species of bee that=0Ahas<br>=0Aincreased in = geographic range and population in NS.<br><br>=0ATh