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cies in cities and most<b --Apple-Mail-45--321976996 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed THANKS! to Dave McC. and Paul M. for responses. Today I revisited them and describe the huge bumblebee as having black head, yellow thorax and base of abdomen, and the rest of the abdomen black. Does this fit _Bombus impatiens_? Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. Begin forwarded message: > From: Paul MacDonald <paulrita2001@yahoo.com> > Date: June 3, 2012 5:33:05 PM ADT > To: "naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] re huge bumblebees on rhodos, Wolfville > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > Hi Dave > I see the workers out already here in Martins Point. > Not many yet but some. > There is also some Tri colored bees in my rhodos and azaleas. > They are not as big as _Bombus impatiens_.but pretty good size. > Quite attractive colors. Is Tricolored the correct name? > The bees have been very plentiful in my yard this year. Not uncommon > to see 6 - 8 on a plant. I use a lot of peat moss, leaves and other > organic material > The ground under the plants is very loose. Perhaps this allows the > bees to > build nests more easily. > I was in Kentville today at the Research station and in spite of a > good bloom > there was many less bees than at home. I noted the ground there was > hard. > In addition at Kentville there is an insect eating the decidious > azalea leaves. > Strips them down to the rib. I found one - it had made a cacoon > with the leaves. > About 2 cms in length - as expected a yellowish green. Hope they > stay in Kentville. > They may be in the wild azaleas also but I've never seen any. > Have a nice spring > Paul > > > From: David McCorquodale <dbmcc09@gmail.com> > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Sent: Sunday, June 3, 2012 4:33:08 PM > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] re huge bumblebees on rhodos, Wolfville > > Jim: > > Large bumble bees now (early June) will be queens. Therefore each one > is likely to have her own colony. Many of these are likely to be > _Bombus impatiens_. This species was unknown in NS until about 1990. > Since then it has become the most common species in cities and most > towns. Yes, despite the press, this is a species of bee that has > increased in geographic range and population in NS. > > The first workers (all females) should be out in the next 10 days or > perhaps some are out now. They are much smaller, less than half the > size of queens. These female workers will forage, defend the nest and > expand the nest. The next generation of workers will be a little > larger and by late August the females produced will be the size of the > large queens you are seeing now. > > DBMcC > > On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 3:53 PM, James W. Wolford > <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> wrote: > > JUNE 2, 2012 - At the Wolfville public library, I sat on a bench > for lunch > > in a lovely spot surrounded by rhododendrons loaded with pink > blossoms, and > > several noisy, huge, yellow-and-black bumblebees were feeding > there (on both > > pollen and nectar?). The bumblebees sounded dangerous but were > very easily > > approached and watched to very close distances (several cm.). > > > > I'm wondering (a) what species of bumblebee?, and (b) would these > bumblebees > > seen be members of a single colony?, or (c) is it still early > enough in the > > Summer that they would all be overwintered queens that are > raising their > > first broods in hidden nests somewhere? > > > > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. > > --Apple-Mail-45--321976996 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> THANKS! to Dave McC. and Paul M. for responses. Today I revisited = them and describe the huge bumblebee as having black head, yellow thorax = and base of abdomen, and the rest of the abdomen black. Does this = fit _Bombus impatiens_?<div><br></div><div>Cheers from Jim in = Wolfville. <br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded = message:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">Paul MacDonald <<a = href=3D"mailto:paulrita2001@yahoo.com">paulrita2001@yahoo.com</a>></fon= t></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">June 3, 2012 5:33:05 PM = ADT</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">"<a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a>" = <<a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a>></f= ont></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Re: [NatureNS] re huge bumblebees on = rhodos, Wolfville</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font>= </div><div styl