Saturday November 7, 2009, 4:31 pm
Makes me wanna hummm the dance of the Bumblebee...LOL

Big Gorilly Hugs

Saturday November 7, 2009, 5:50 pm
Ahh the folly of man! There will be few Minor bees around our building next spring as the construction crews take off the old siding and balconies. Poor little fellows will not return because the wooden base of the building will be sealed to tight for them to squiggle their wee bodies in.

Saturday November 7, 2009, 9:17 pm
O my, Thank you, Cher..
Namaste xo

Saturday November 7, 2009, 10:07 pm
It is quite clear the author of this article does not know very much about bees and draws conclusions that are not supported by scientific facts. First; bees do not hibernate. They make and store honey to carry them through the winter. They are less active, but they continue to tend to the hive and care for the larva of the next generation. Queen bees lay only one kind of egg. The worker bees determine whether the larva will be a new queen, drone, or worker by the mixture of pollen and honey that is feed to the larva as they develop.

All it takes is one venturous worker bee to leave the hive in winter and find flowering plants for the hive to become active in collecting nectar. I’m not going to say this is happening because of global warming because in recent years the climate and weather in the UK has been a bit on the cool side. It is far more likely that this is occurring because people are putting more plants in the garden and flowerbeds that bloom during the winter. This is evidenced by the fact that the bees are only found active in urban and suburban locations and not in rural areas.