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Index of Subjects I saw a number of bees so far this year at various locations, the first being early April in New Cumberland. I saw one of the fake bees today. A tiny one and I forget the name. I believe it is a sweat bee or something like that. I took photos of it last year. Sincerely, James R. Hirtle LaHave ________________________________________ From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca <naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca> on behalf of Doug Linzey <doug.linzey@gmail.com> Sent: April 29, 2016 5:30 PM To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca; NatureNS Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Bumble Bee We've had B. ternarius in the garden for at least a week now. Today there were 4 on a small-medium patch of Scilla and a couple on a Pieris that's attracting a lot of flies, too. No B. impatiens yet. Doug Linzey Arlington, NS , On 28-Apr-16 10:49 AM, Angus MacLean wrote: > That would be a Queen, Paul. Interesting sighting as usually Bombus > ternarius (Tri-colored) is not the first Queen out. That's usually > Bombus impatiens (Common Eastern Bumble Bee) which is the most common > bee in the spring/early summer. Have yet to see any so far. > Angus > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2016 17:28:44 -0300 > From: rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: [NatureNS] Bumble Bee > > Hi All > The first Bumble Bee that I've seen this spring visited the garden today. > A beautiful tricolored bee - big - it checked out the hyacinths > and a few dandelions that are out. I had hoped it would come > to my hand for some honey but I wasn't that lucky. > Some years there are rhodies out by this time but some deer > made a lunch of my early rhodie earlier. > A lovely day - enjoy the spring > Paul
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