Recent content by Larrystein

Hang on a minute! If the new queen flies off when all the other bees of her hive have died, and presumably all other hives of that species(locally) WHO does she mate with? I reckon, She must have mated with the members of her own hive before leaving. Anyway, thanks for your help again. Larry

So what your saying is it would probably be OK for me to go in now? I think I will leave it for next week now anyway. Just to be sure. Thanks for your help Larry

While I remember. Last week I saw one that was bigger than the others. Easily 1 1/2 inches and very fat. Could I have been lucky enough to have seen the Queen leaving the nest for the winter? Larry

Well if S. Yorks is still flying then I don't know. As for which species, sorry I haven't a clue. I haven't looked at them that carefully. They where quite big for bumble bees, easily more than an inch long and very puffy. I dont think I saw a white tail I did see one that was mostly all black...

Hi, This is my first and probably last post to this forum. I am not an apiarist but I do eat honey:) and never kill bees in the house like some I know. Anyway, I have had a bumble bee nest in my coal shed all summer. It must be a big one. Because it had bees coming and going every few minutes...