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ng water and push throughs. --000000000000d2782d0577cfd1c1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Hi all, I saw one bumble bee yesterday on my asters; it had an orange patch on its rump and a black spot on the thorax. There is a website showing the most common bumble bees - *The Great Canadian Bumble Bee Count* by Friends of the Earth: https://foecanada.org/en/issues/bumble-bee-count/ They would like photos anytime. You can take part in the bee census in the summer. There is a handy chart on the website. The bumble bees with orange on the abdomen are tenarius, huntii and rufocinctus. One would really need to take a few photos from various angles to distinguish among them. Nancy On Tue, Oct 9, 2018 at 1:33 PM rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca < rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: > Hi All > Yesterday was a great day for a paddle > so a friend and I done 2 lakes. > > *When we got back and were putting the canoe away we* > > *noticed the aster flowers along the bank. The flowers were buzzing* > > *with bees. Perhaps a couple of dozen in each large clump.* > > *The first impression was someone had a few hives of honey* > > *bees in the area so we went to look close. But mostly they* > > *were the native tri-colored bees - with the beautiful orange rump.* > > *My guess was Bombus terricola - but I'm no expert. No doubt the* > > *bright flowers had gathered the bees from a distance - nevertheless* > > *it must have been a good hatch year for them. There was a few* > > *smaller bees or insects also but id beyond me.* > > *As we were putting the canoe in the water, an eagle flew very* > > *high over the lake. As I watched, it folded its wings and dove down like* > > *an Osprey. Fast. Something in the water must have got its attention.* > > *A little above the water it put on the brakes and just over the water * > > *flapped away down the lake. It lost interest in the something. I never* > > *saw an eagle do that before.* > > *The swamp is a combination of paddling water and push throughs. * > > *The color was great - the maples and other trees along with the bushes* > > *on the little islands. The Pitcher Plants were in great color - sort of a > purple* > > *red. And very numerous. Lots of turtles and mallards!* > > *A great paddle -* > > *Enjoy the fall - visit a swamp!* > > *Paul* > > -- Nancy Robinson 514-605-7186 --000000000000d2782d0577cfd1c1 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div>Hi all, <br><br></div>I saw one= bumble bee yesterday on my asters; it had an orange patch on its rump and = a black spot on the thorax.<br><br></div>There is a website showing the mos= t common bumble bees - <i>The Great Canadian Bumble Bee Count</i> by Friend= s of the Earth:<br><br><a href=3D"https://foecanada.org/en/issues/bumble-be= e-count/">https://foecanada.org/en/issues/bumble-bee-count/</a><br><br></di= v><div>They would like photos anytime.=C2=A0 You can take part in the bee c= ensus in the summer.=C2=A0 There is a handy chart on the website. The bumbl= e bees with orange on the abdomen are tenarius, huntii and rufocinctus.=C2= =A0 One would really need to take a few photos from various angles to disti= nguish among them.=C2=A0 <br><br></div><div>Nancy<br></div></div><br><div c= lass=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr">On Tue, Oct 9, 2018 at 1:33 PM <a hre= f=3D"mailto:rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca">rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca</a> <<a= href=3D"mailto:rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca">rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca</a>>= ; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .= 8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><u></u> =20 =20 <div> =20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size:12pt">Hi All</span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size:12pt">Yesterday was a great day for a paddle<br= ></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size:12pt">so a friend and I done 2 lakes.<br></span= > </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size:12pt"><strong style=3D"font-weight:400">When we= got back and were putting the canoe away we<br></strong></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size:12pt"><strong style=3D"font-weight:400">noticed= the aster flowers along the bank. The flowers were buzzing<br></strong></s= pan> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size:12pt"><strong style=3D"font-weight:400">with be= es. Perhaps a couple of dozen in each large clump.<br></strong></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size:12pt"><strong style=3D"font-weight:400">The fir= st impression was someone had a few hives of honey<br></strong></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size:12pt"><strong style=3D"font-weight:400">bees in= the area so we went to look close. But mostly they<br></strong></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size:12pt"><strong style=3D"font-weight:400">were th= e native tri-colored bees - with the beautiful orange rump.<br></strong></s= pan> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size:12pt"><strong style=3D"font-weight:400">My gues= s was Bombus terricola - but I'm no expert. No doubt the<br></strong></= span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size:12pt"><strong style=3D"font-weight:400">bright = flowers had gathered the bees from a distance - nevertheless<br></strong></= span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size:12pt"><strong style=3D"font-weight:400">it must= have been a good hatch year for them. There was a few<br></strong></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size:12pt"><strong style=3D"font-weight:400">smaller= bees or insects also but id beyond me.<br></strong></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size:12pt"><strong style=3D"font-weight:400">As we w= ere putting the canoe in the water, an eagle flew very<br></strong></span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size:12pt"><strong style=3D"font-weight:400">high ov= er the lake. As I watched, it folded its wings and dove down like<br></stro= ng></span>