Hi All,
Just joined the forum to find out more about our little colony in a bird box on the side of the house.
It turns out they are tree bumble bees.
One question I would love to know the answer to is this....
There is a bee that flies around outside the entrance literally all day , everyday and sort of intercepts the incoming bees and checks them out in a slightly harassing way.(they seem to 'tumble' around in flight for a while.
First of all, what is he/she doing and is it the same bee everyday or do they take it in turns?
I can only guess as to the purpose , would someone have a definitive answer please?
Just joined the forum to find out more about our little colony in a bird box on the side of the house.
It turns out they are tree bumble bees.
One question I would love to know the answer to is this....
There is a bee that flies around outside the entrance literally all day , everyday and sort of intercepts the incoming bees and checks them out in a slightly harassing way.(they seem to 'tumble' around in flight for a while.
First of all, what is he/she doing and is it the same bee everyday or do they take it in turns?
I can only guess as to the purpose , would someone have a definitive answer please?