[NatureNS] Do honeybees and bumblebees mix?

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Hello everyone:

I'll have to take a closer look and see what is going on. It was also =20=

pointed out to me that bumblebees come in different sizes. I guess I =20
always assumed that it was only a bumblebee if it was looked like a bee =20=

that had been put on steroids.

When I got stung the first time, I thought I would dump a shovelful of =20=

soil over the entrance and that would be the end of it. About an hour =20=

later there were close to 3 dozen very confused bees there. All of them =20=

were honey bee-sized. They did eventually manage to dig out the hole =20
again.

I didn't recall anything being left behind after having been stung =20
those times.  I had a small red spot that "stung" for about five =20
minutes and 15 minutes later I didn't really know I had been stung. In =20=

each of these cases, the bee that did it was one of the "small" ones. I =20=

know that different poeple have different pain thresholds, so I may be =20=

less affected by them, or it may be that there are not a lot of nerves =20=

on the ankles, which is where all five stings occurred.

Pat



On Sep 24, 2007, at 9:19 AM, Ulli Hoeger wrote:

> A simple test to discriminate between honey bees (Apis mellifera) and =20=

> other similar looking species is to let them sting.=A0 If the stinger =20=

> with venom bladder and some other tissue (muscle and nerve) is left =20=

> behind by the bee in your skin and needs to be pulled out it was a =20
> honey bee worker, if no stinger is left behind it wasn't a honey bee =20=

> that stung you.=A0 Many of the solitary bees are not capable of =20
> penetrating the human skin, no harm done.=A0 Bumble bees can and will, =
=20
> and it hurts a lot.
> This method works, trust me, and as a side effect you will learn =20
> quickly to recognize honey bees by looking at them=A0 (I think that's =20=

> referred to as learning reinforced by punishment)
>
> Ulli
>
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Hello everyone:


I'll have to take a closer look and see what is going on. It was also
pointed out to me that bumblebees come in different sizes. I guess I
always assumed that it was only a bumblebee if it was looked like a
bee that had been put on steroids.


When I got stung the first time, I thought I would dump a shovelful of
soil over the entrance and that would be the end of it. About an hour
later there were close to 3 dozen very confused bees there. All of
them were honey bee-sized. They did eventually manage to dig out the
hole again.


I didn't recall anything being left behind after having been stung
those times.  I had a small red spot that "stung" for about five
minutes and 15 minutes later I didn't really know I had been stung. In
each of these cases, the bee that did it was one of the "small" ones.
I know that different poeple have different pain thresholds, so I may
be less affected by them, or it may be that there are not a lot of
nerves on the ankles, which is where all five stings occurred.


Pat




On Sep 24, 2007, at 9:19 AM, Ulli Hoeger wrote:


<excerpt>A simple test to discriminate between honey bees (Apis
mellifera) and other similar looking species is to let them sting.=A0 If
the stinger with venom bladder and some other tissue (muscle and
nerve) is left behind by the bee in your skin and needs to be pulled
out it was a honey bee worker, if no stinger is left behind it wasn't
a honey bee that stung you.=A0 Many of the solitary bees are not capable
of penetrating the human skin, no harm done.=A0 Bumble bees can and
will, and it hurts a lot.

This method works, trust me, and as a side effect you will learn
quickly to recognize honey bees by looking at them=A0 (I think that's
referred to as learning reinforced by punishment)


Ulli



Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your story.

<color><param>0000,0000,EEEE</param>Play Sims Stories at Yahoo! Games.

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Patrick Kelly

Director of Computer Facilities

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Faculty of Architecture and Planning

Dalhousie University

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