BBKA news June 2017

[Flabellum]

Solitary as in solitary bees, semi-social as in wasps and bumble bees, the queen is the only surviver and hibernates over the winter. Social as in honeybees, workers and queen survive in cluster and continue as a flowing river. Eusocial which include ants, honeybees, wasps and bumble bees where they cooperate within the hive.

Not terminology an entomologist would use. Semi social is reserved for those bees that occupy the same space but feed their own young, as in some Bombus species. Many well meaning web pages have it wrong, so I understand where you are coming from.

 

[Anduril]

Not terminology an entomologist would use. Semi social is reserved for those bees that occupy the same space but feed their own young, as in some Bombus species. Many well meaning web pages have it wrong, so I understand where you are coming from.

Not the web, terminology taught prior to the world wide Web. So books and tutors had it wrong in the golden age before the Internet.

 

[Erichalfbee]

Defining a strong colony might be a root problem.

Not a nuc you might want to overwinter I suspect.