Just Caught A Bee

[beastmonkey]

there was a bee on my window, so i caught it in a glass jar and let it go outside.

after i released it, i realised i had used an old honey jar.

do you think the bee got the irony in that?

[ummmm]

Lol...doubt it. We must take care of our bees though :-)

I'm allergic to bees :-(

[carrust]

Are bees another name for housework in your gaff ummm? :-)

[ChillDoubt]

Hoisted by its own petard......!

[ummmm]

I've done the housework, thank you very much Carrust!!!!!! :-)

[carrust]

There must be a P in the month ummm

[Svejk]

I expect you've got an electric duster, Carrust,haven't you? ;)

[daffy654]

My cat has been fascinated by the bees in the garden for the last few days, she sits watching them intently for ages.
Our garden has been planted to attract bees and butterflies so come summer the cats will probably think they are in paradise. :)

[Smowball]

A massive bee came in through our patio doors at the weekend and landed on the carpet and just stayed there. I managed to get it outside again but it was huge!

[craft1948]

I heard my cleaner scream when she was out in the garage............she's scared of butterflies!

[carrust]

I chopped it up with the chainsaw svejk:-)

[daffy654]

The ones we've seen have been huge too Smowball.

[Smowball]

daffy - they seem to be unusually big this year, I actually like seeing bees in the garden.

[MyBlackHen]

Are the big ones not potential queens, looking to start another colony? I always thought that.

[jomifl]

Bumble bees which are usually much bigger than honeybees emerge from hibernation earlier than honeybees become active because they can fly at a lower temperature owing to their larger body mass and their furry insulation. They have to find food within a couple of days of de-hibernating as they have almost no reserves left, so give them some honey. Honey bees don't hibernate so will fly at any time of the year if the air is warm enough.

[Smowball]

I dont know but have seen 3/4 in the last week and all have been enormous.

[daffy654]

They are definitely bumblebees, big, fat round furry things with very distinct markings.

[bookbinder]

I think that the nicest compliment a gardener can have is seeing bees gathering pollen from his flowers. If the bees think that the flowers are OK, they must be good!

[Clanad]

Irony? It was, after all and English bee wasn't it?

[jomifl]

Myblackhen, The bumblebees that you see in the spring are all 'queens' as they start a colony ASAP. Queen honeybees are only slightly bigger than the worker honeybees and you would hardly notice the difference at a glance. Queen honey bees rarely fly alone as they are usually accompanied by a swarm of up to 30,000 workers except during occasional mating flights when they will be accompanied by male bees (drones). Swarms in Britain usually ocurr during May June and July almost never earlier.