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Sat, Jul 11, 09 at 13:40
| It's on catnip, in central Maryland
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- Posted by konrad___far_north 3 (My Page) on Sat, Jul 11, 09 at 15:50
| That's a Honey Bee, looks like of Italian strain. Konrad |
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- Posted by suburbanmd z7 MD (My Page) on Sat, Jul 11, 09 at 17:36
| Thanks. Is there any way to know whether it's wild or from some local beekeeper's hive? I see very few of these bees, on a big planting of lemon balm, catnip, and bergamot (There are bumblebees, especially on the bergamot, not so much in the intermixed lemon balm/catnip). |
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- Posted by konrad___far_north 3 (My Page) on Sun, Jul 12, 09 at 12:56
| It's hard to follow bees back their nest..you could mark them with paint and see how long it will take for a round trip to give you some sort of idea. This bee could come from a escaped swarm not far from you, taken up residence in a older home between walls. Think I have been reading about someone captured and glued a light feather to the abdomen which slows the bee down, so you can follow it back to their home,.. hopefully not going over a major highway or buildings. Konrad |
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