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Index of Subjects --_ffae5abd-cdac-4bb3-9a94-e2d1f0a978c6_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable An interesting sighting as you say=2C Eleanor. The majority of bees seen up= to now have been Queen Bees but they have already mated last fall. Males a= re produced in the late summer purely for that reason since they don't figu= re in the nest development. Some species of bees are cuckoo bees in that th= ey take over a nest by killing the Queen but that would only happen in the = nest. =20 Were the bees the same size? =20 A bee expert would have an answer=2C I trust. Angus=20 Date: Tue=2C 18 Jun 2013 08:56:27 -0300 From: kelindsay@eastlink.ca To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: [NatureNS] Two interesting sightings While getting ready to mow my lawn last week I heard an amazingly loud pers= istent buzzing in the grass beside my mower. On getting down on my knees an= d looking closer I found two bumble bees=2C one clasped on top of the other= ....both bees were buzzing loudly=2C the lower bee at a slightly higher pit= ch and to my great surprise I realised I was witnessing (or think I was) be= es mating. The process went on for 2-4 minutes before they separated and fl= ew away - long enough for me to run inside=2C get my camera and take severa= l photographs. Is it common to see such a sighting? The other out of the ordinary event was the appearance on my road two days = ago of a doe and three young fawns=2C one of which is a totally white albin= o. A neighbour managed to snap a quick blurry photo. Eleanor Lindsay Seabright=2C St Margarets Bay=20 = --_ffae5abd-cdac-4bb3-9a94-e2d1f0a978c6_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <head> <style><!-- .hmmessage P { margin:0px=3B padding:0px } body.hmmessage { font-size: 12pt=3B font-family:Calibri } --></style></head> <body class=3D'hmmessage'><div dir=3D'ltr'>An interesting sighting as you s= ay=2C Eleanor. The majority of bees seen up to now have been Queen Bees but= they =3Bhave already mated last fall. Males are produced in the late s= ummer purely for that reason since they don't figure in the nest developmen= t. Some species of bees are cuckoo bees in that they take over a nest by ki= lling the Queen but that would only happen in the nest.<BR>  =3B<BR> Were the bees the same size?<BR>  =3B<BR> A bee expert would have an answer=2C I trust.<BR>Angus =3B<BR> <DIV> <HR id=3DstopSpelling> Date: Tue=2C 18 Jun 2013 08:56:27 -0300<BR>From: kelindsay@eastlink.ca<BR>T= o: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<BR>Subject: [NatureNS] Two interesting sightings= <BR><BR><FONT size=3D+1>While getting ready to mow my lawn last week I hear= d an ama<FONT size=3D+1>zingly loud persistent buzzing in the grass beside = my mower. On getting down on my <FONT size=3D+1>knees </FONT>and looking cl= oser <FONT size=3D+1>I found two bumble bees=2C one clasped on top of the o= ther....both bees were buzzing loudly=2C the lower <FONT size=3D+1>bee at a= slightly higher pitch<FONT size=3D+1> and </FONT></FONT>to my great surpri= se I realised I was witnessing (or think I was) bees ma<FONT size=3D+1>t</F= ONT>ing. The process went on for 2-4 minutes before they separated and <FON= T size=3D+1>flew</FONT> away - long enough for me to run inside=2C get my c= a<FONT size=3D+1>mera and take s<FONT size=3D+1>eve</FONT>ral ph<FONT size= =3D+1>o<FONT size=3D+1>t</FONT>ograph<FONT size=3D+1>s. Is it common to see= such a sighting<FONT size=3D+1>?<BR><BR>The other out of the ordinary even= t was <FONT size=3D+1><FONT size=3D+1>the <FONT size=3D+1>appearance</FONT>= </FONT></FONT> on my road <FONT size=3D+1>two days ago <FONT size=3D+1>of</= FONT> a doe and three youn<FONT size=3D+1>g</FONT> fawns=2C one of which is= a <FONT size=3D+1>totally</FONT> white albin<FONT size=3D+1>o. A neighbour= managed to snap a quick blurry photo.<BR><BR><FONT size=3D+1>Eleanor Linds= ay<BR><BR><FONT size=3D+1>Seabright<FONT size=3D+1>=2C St Margarets <FONT s= ize=3D+1>B</FONT>ay</FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT> </FONT><BR></FONT></FONT></= FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> </div></body> </html>= --_ffae5abd-cdac-4bb3-9a94-e2d1f0a978c6_--
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